Pope Sylvester I

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Sylvester

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Birthplace: Sant'Angelo A Scala, Province of Avellino, Campania, Italy
Death: December 31, 335 (50-51)
Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy
Immediate Family:

Son of Rufinus

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About Pope Sylvester I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sylvester_I

Pope Sylvester I (also Silvester, 285 – 31 December 335) was the bishop of Rome from 31 January 314 until his death. He filled the see of Rome at an important era in the history of the Western Church, yet very little is known of him. The accounts of his pontificate preserved in the seventh- or eighth-century Liber Pontificalis contain little more than a record of the gifts said to have been conferred on the church by Constantine I, although it does say that he was the son of a Roman named Rufinus. His feast is celebrated as Saint Sylvester's Day, on 31 December in Western Christianity, and on 2 January in Eastern Christianity.

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Pope Sylvester I's Timeline

285
285
Sant'Angelo A Scala, Province of Avellino, Campania, Italy
335
December 31, 335
Age 51
Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy