Sixtus

He took the name Sixtus V in memory of Sixtus IV, who had also been a

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

During his climb to the throne of Saint Peter, the man now known as Sixtus had bribed, traded, finagled, and promised his way through the maze of Roman politics.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

Personally, I was hoping that whoever was chosen as the Pontiff, that the name chosen would be "Sixtus".

URBI DE TELEVISIONE ET ORBI DE TOOB Toby O'B 2005

And although there might arise sometimes a courageous pope, such as Sixtus [IV], yet neither fortune nor wisdom could rid him of these annoyances.

The Prince 1515

And although there might arise sometimes a courageous pope, such as Sixtus

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Because of a customary nine-day mourning period before burial, the hearts and other fast-decaying internal organs of almost all the popes from Sixtus V (1585-1590) to Leo XIII (1878-1903) were removed before embalming.

There's A Good Reason Why Benedict's Not An Organ Donor Josh Fleet 2011

Because of a customary nine-day mourning period before burial, the hearts and other fast-decaying internal organs of almost all the popes from Sixtus V (1585-1590) to Leo XIII (1878-1903) were removed before embalming.

There's A Good Reason Why Benedict's Not An Organ Donor Josh Fleet 2011

Yet those who made a decisive difference were not the manic accumulators but the great builders and town planners, like Popes Sixtus V (reigned 1585-90) and Alexander VII (1655-67).

The Heirloom City Dan Hofstadter 2011

St. Sixtus, or Xystus; there were two popes with the name of Xystus in the early Church, though that mentioned in the Canon of the Mass, various commentaries suggest, was St. Sixtus II who reigned as pope only from A.D. 257-258, at which time he was martyred under the persecutions of the Emperor Valerian.

Saints of the Roman Canon - Part 1: The Communicantes 2009

St. Lawrence was a deacon and martyr, and one of the seven deacons of the Roman church, martyred under the same Valerian edict in which St. Sixtus II was martyred, only a few days later.

Saints of the Roman Canon - Part 1: The Communicantes 2009