Quote of the day
Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
Pope Sixtus I
Born: 42
Bio: Pope Sixtus I was the Bishop of Rome from c. 115 to his death c. 124. He succeeded Pope Alexander I and was in turn succeeded by Pope Telesphorus. In the oldest documents, Xystus is the spelling used for the first three popes of that name.