St. Sylvester
St. Sylvester, born in Rome, was ordained by Pope St. Marcellinus during the peace that preceded the persecutions of Diocletian. He passed through those days of terror, witnessed the abdication of Diocletian and Maximian, and saw the triumph of Constantine in the year 312. Two years later he succeeded St. Melchiades as Bishop of Rome. In the same year, he sent four legates to represent him at the great Council of the Western Church, held at Aries. He confirmed it's decision and imparted them to the Church.
The Council of Nice was assembled during his reign, in the year 325, but not being able to assist at it in person, on account of his great age, he sent his legates, who headed the list of subscribers to its decrees, preceding the Patriarchs of Alexandria and Antioch. St. Sylvester was Pope for twenty-four years and eleven months. He died in the year 335. His Feast Day is December 31st.
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May everyone have a happy, peaceful evening. God Bless all.
Thanks for the insight.
St. Pope Sylvester, Please continue to pray for me.
Thank you. I am a new Catholic and found this explanation very full and helpful. I also find it helpful and easy at the start of my busy days to access the daily Bible readings on my computer as part of my morning prayers..
St.Sylvester i pray 2 you great saint for help as we head in two 2013 please pray for me and my family i ask this in faith that every thing works out for us
god bless us all
Amen
31st dec 2012:st sylvester pray for us!
Dear Pope Sylvester, Please pray for me.
The importance of the new relationships between the pope and the roman emperor under the careers of saint Sylvester and Constantine was such that I find it a little out of place to repete too many false stories that had grown out of these rrelatiionships.
St. Sylvester, pray for us. Amen.
This was NOT helpful. I didn't even find what i was looking for. Why, Why, /Why. I just need to know when Sylvester Guzzolini became a saint, and the patron saint of WHAT> all i know is that in latin his name means, "inhabitant if the woods," to bad i don't need this in my Essay!
This is fustrating!
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This is too light a treatment for such a pivotal person in the early Church!
Yes, you do need to proof read your entries. There is no apostrophe in the word "its" when it is used as a possessive. You use the apostrophe when it is a contraction of "it" and "is." Otherwise, thanks for the daily inspiration of your emails. I read them every day.
You need to proof read these entries more carefully! The Council was "Nicea," not "Nice" I'm surprised that you refer to"the bishop of Rome." This is a Protestant refusal to acknowledge the supremacy of the Pope! God bless!!