RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Sixtus II

215 - 258

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Pope Sixtus II (Greek: Πάπας Σίξτος Β΄), also written as Pope Xystus II, was bishop of Rome from 31 August 257 until his death on 6 August 258. He was killed along with seven deacons, including Lawrence of Rome, during the persecution of Christians by the Emperor Valerian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Sixtus II is the 214th most popular religious figure (down from 208th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Greece (up from 51st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Religious Figure.

Pope Sixtus II is most famous for being the first pope to be martyred.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Sixtus II ranks 214 out of 3,187. Before him are Margaret the Virgin, Pope Alexander I, Pope John XIX, Thérèse of Lisieux, Pope Pius I, and Abdul Qadir Gilani. After him are Saint Blaise, Pope John VIII, Salome, Pope Honorius III, Pope Alexander III, and Pope Adrian V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 215, Pope Sixtus II ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 258, Pope Sixtus II ranks 2. Before him is Saint Lawrence. After him are Cyprian, Novatian, Eugenia of Rome, and Zhuge Dan.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Pope Sixtus II ranks 46 out of 1,024. Before him are Leonidas I (-540), Peisistratos (-600), Theophrastus (-371), Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Miltiades (-540), and Aristarchus of Samos (-311). After him are Alcibiades (-450), Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318), Pindar (-517), Queen Sofía of Spain (1938), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), and Menander (-342).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Pope Sixtus II ranks 2. Before him are Saint Stephen (1). After him are Pope Eleutherius (171), Pope Dionysius (200), Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270), Pope Hyginus (100), Dionysius the Areopagite (100), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Saint Titus (13), Philomena (291), Antipope Alexander V (1339), and Saint Giles (640).

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