Pope Sixtus I (42 – c. 124) was the Bishop of Rome from c. 115 to his death c. 124. He succeeded Pope Alexander I and was succeeded by Pope Telesphorus. In the oldest documents Xystus (from the Greek word for polished) is the spelling used for the first three popes of that name.
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