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Celestine I

Birth name	Celestine
Papacy began	422
Papacy ended	April 6, 432
Predecessor	Boniface I
Successor	Sixtus III
Born	??? Rome, Italy
Died	April 6, 432 Rome, Italy
Other popes named Celestine

Styles of Pope Celestine I


Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father
Posthumous style	Saint

Pope Saint Celestine I was pope from 422 until April 6, 432. Events By Topic Religion September 10 — Pope Celestine I succeeds Pope Boniface I as the Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Events By Place Western Roman Empire The Battle of Ravenna is fought between the two strong men of the Empire general Flavius Aëtius Pope Pope Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Events By Place Western Roman Empire The Battle of Ravenna is fought between the two strong men of the Empire general Flavius Aëtius Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A style of office, or honorific, is a term which by Tradition or Law precedes a reference to a person who holds a post or Title, or to the A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Events By Topic Religion September 10 — Pope Celestine I succeeds Pope Boniface I as the Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Events By Place Western Roman Empire The Battle of Ravenna is fought between the two strong men of the Empire general Flavius Aëtius

Celestine I was a Roman and was supposed to have been a near relative of the Roman Emperor Valentinian III. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Flavius Placidius Valentinianus ( July 2, 419 &ndash March 16, 455) known in English as Valentinian III, was among the last Nothing is known of his early history except that his father's name was Priscus. He is said to have lived for a time at Milan with St. Ambrose. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Saint Ambrose (c 338 &ndash 4 April 397) was a bishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the fourth century The first notice, however, concerning him that is known is in a document of Pope Innocent I, in the year 416, where he is spoken of as Celestine the Deacon. Pope For the Canadian area code see Area code 416/647. For the Assault rifle see Heckler & Koch HK416.

Various portions of the liturgy are attributed to him, but without any certainty on the subject. A liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group according to their particular traditions Though he did not attend personally, he sent delegates to the Council of Ephesus in which the Nestorians were condemned, in 431. This article covers the Ecumenical council of 431 For the council of 449 see Second Council of Ephesus. Nestorius Nestorius (c 386 &ndashc 451) was a pupil of Theodore of Mopsuestia in Antioch in Syria (modern Events By Place Western Roman Empire Aëtius pushes the Franks back across the Somme. Four letters written by him on that occasion, all dated March 15, 431, together with a few others, to the African bishops, to those of Illyria, of Thessalonica, and of Narbonne, are extant in retranslations from the Greek, the Latin originals having been lost. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Events By Place Western Roman Empire Aëtius pushes the Franks back across the Somme. Illyria ( Albanian Iliria ( Ancient Greek; Latin Illyria; see also Illyricum) was in Classical antiquity a region in the Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), Thessalonica, or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia Narbonne ( Narbona in Catalan and in Occitan, the Roman Narbo) is a commune in southwestern France in the Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome.

St. Celestine actively persecuted the Pelagians, and was zealous for orthodoxy. Pelagianism is a theological theory named after Pelagius (ad 354 – ad He sent Palladius to Ireland to serve as a bishop in 431. Palladius (fl 408-431 probably died ca 457/461 was the first Bishop of the Christians of Ireland, preceding Saint Patrick. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Events By Place Western Roman Empire Aëtius pushes the Franks back across the Somme. Bishop Patricius (Saint Patrick) continued this missionary work. Saint Patrick (Patricius Irish: Naomh Pádraig) was a Roman Britain -born Christian Missionary and is the Patron saint Pope Celestine raged against the Novatians in Rome, imprisoning their bishop, and forbidding their worship. The Novatianists following Novatius or Novatian, held a strict view that refused readmission to communion of lapsi, those baptized Christians who had denied their Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 He was zealous in refusing to tolerate the smallest innovation on the constitutions of his predecessors, and is recognized by the Church as a saint.

St. Celestine died on April 6, 432. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Events By Place Western Roman Empire The Battle of Ravenna is fought between the two strong men of the Empire general Flavius Aëtius He was buried in the cemetery of St. Priscilla in the Via Salaria, but his body, subsequently moved, now lies in the Basilica di Santa Prassede. Priscilla and Aquila were a First Century Jewish Christian couple described in the New Testament The Via Salaria was an ancient Roman road in Italy. It eventually ran from Rome (from Porta Salaria of the Aurelian Walls Santa Prassede is a Basilica in Rome, located near the major basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.

In art, Saint Celestine is portrayed as a Pope with a dove, dragon, and flame.

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Preceded by Boniface I	Pope 422–432	Succeeded by Sixtus III

Pope While the term " Pope " ( Latin: papa "father'" is used in several Churches to denote their high spiritual leaders ( e Pope

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