ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 6th of August WELCOME! SAINT SIXTUS II., POPE AND MARTYR ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Saint Xystus (Sixtus) was a Grecian by birth, deacon of the Roman Church under Stephen , and upon his demise, in 257 was chosen pope, being the twenty-fifth from Saint Peter. THE TWENTY-FIFTH POPE FROM ST PETER Saint Dionysius of Alexandria consulted him by three letters on certain difficulties, and recommended to him to bear a little while with the Africans and some among the Asiatics with regard to their error concerning the validity of baptism given by heretics. Accordingly this pope used towards them indulgence, contenting himself with strongly recommending the truth to them; and his successors pursued the same conduct till that error was condemned in the plenary council often mentioned by St Austin [ Saint Augustine ]. HE ONLY SAT ONE YEAR St Sixtus is styled by St Cyprian a peaceable and excellent prelate. ...