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Pope arrested and murdered

Pope St. Sixtus II was consecrated bishop of the Church of Rome in 257.  The following year, while celebrating the sacred liturgy over the tomb of a martyr in the cemetery or Catacombs of Saint Callistus, he was arrested by … Continue reading

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