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|SaintName=Saint Sylvester I | |SaintName=Saint Sylvester I | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=December 31 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Rome, Roman Empire (now Italy) | |SaintBirthPlace=Rome, Roman Empire (now Italy) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=41.9028, 12.4964 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=41.9028, 12.4964 | ||
|DeathPlace=Rome, Roman Empire (now Italy) | |DeathPlace=Rome, Roman Empire (now Italy) | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=41.9028, 12.4964 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=41.9028, 12.4964 | ||
|SaintCauseOfDeath=Natural causes | |SaintCauseOfDeath=Natural causes | ||
|NotableAddress1=San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Piazzale del Verano 1, 00185 Rome, Italy | |NotableAddress1=San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Piazzale del Verano 1, 00185 Rome, Italy | ||
|NotableLabel1= | |NotableLabel1=Papal residence and church construction | ||
|NotableCoordinates1=41.9017, 12.5167 | |NotableCoordinates1=41.9017, 12.5167 | ||
|NotableAddress2=Basilica of St. John Lateran, Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano 4, 00184 Rome, Italy | |NotableAddress2=Basilica of St. John Lateran, Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano 4, 00184 Rome, Italy | ||
|NotableCoordinates2=41.8859, 12.5057 | |NotableCoordinates2=41.8859, 12.5057 | ||
|NotableAddress3=Catacomb of Priscilla, Via Salaria 430, 00138 Rome, Italy | |NotableAddress3=Catacomb of Priscilla, Via Salaria 430, 00138 Rome, Italy | ||
|NotableLabel3=Site of martyr restorations | |NotableLabel3=Site of martyr restorations | ||
|NotableCoordinates3=41.9417, 12.5117 | |NotableCoordinates3=41.9417, 12.5117 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Italy | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Rome]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Legendary healing of Emperor Constantine from leprosy | |SaintMiracle1=Legendary healing of Emperor Constantine from leprosy | ||
|Profession=Pope | |Profession=Pope | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Early Christian | |ReligiousAffiliation=Early Christian | ||
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|PrimaryShrine=San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Rome, Italy | |PrimaryShrine=San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Rome, Italy | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church | ||
|ReviewLevel=0 | |ReviewLevel=0 | ||
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'''Saint Sylvester I''' (c. 304–335) was the bishop of Rome from January 31, 314, until his death on December 31, 335, presiding over the Church during the transition from persecution to imperial favor under Constantine the Great.<ref name="newadvent">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14370a.htm|title=Pope St. Sylvester I|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Born in Rome to Christian parents of Spanish origin, historical records from the ''Liber Pontificalis'' confirm his early clerical career as deacon under Pope Marcellinus and Liberius, surviving exile during Constantius II's Arian-leaning reign (355–361) before returning under Julian.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sylvester_I|title=Pope Sylvester I|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Elected amid factional violence with antipope Ursinus in 366, Sylvester's 21-year pontificate saw the Edict of Milan (313) enabling church construction, including St. John Lateran as papal cathedral, and the Synod of Rome (382) influencing the biblical canon, though exact decrees are probabilistic from Gelasian Sacramentary references.<ref name="newadvent" /> | '''Saint Sylvester I''' (c. 304–335) was the bishop of Rome from January 31, 314, until his death on December 31, 335, presiding over the Church during the transition from persecution to imperial favor under Constantine the Great.<ref name="newadvent">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14370a.htm|title=Pope St. Sylvester I|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Born in Rome to Christian parents of Spanish origin, historical records from the ''Liber Pontificalis'' confirm his early clerical career as deacon under Pope Marcellinus and Liberius, surviving exile during Constantius II's Arian-leaning reign (355–361) before returning under Julian.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sylvester_I|title=Pope Sylvester I|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Elected amid factional violence with antipope Ursinus in 366, Sylvester's 21-year pontificate saw the Edict of Milan (313) enabling church construction, including St. John Lateran as papal cathedral, and the Synod of Rome (382) influencing the biblical canon, though exact decrees are probabilistic from Gelasian Sacramentary references.<ref name="newadvent" /> | ||