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|FeastDay=December 11
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|PrimaryShrine=San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Rome, Italy
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'''Saint Damasus I''' (c. 304–384) was the bishop of Rome from October 366 until his death, presiding over a period of doctrinal consolidation and liturgical development in the late 4th-century Church.<ref name="newadvent">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04613a.htm|title=Pope St. Damasus I|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> Born in Rome to a Spanish father Antonius and mother Laurentia, historical records from the ''Liber Pontificalis'' confirm his early clerical career as deacon under Pope Liberius, enduring exile during Constantius II's Arian-leaning reign before returning under Julian.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Damasus_I|title=Pope Damasus I|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> Elected amid violent factionalism with antipope Ursinus in 366, Damasus's pontificate saw the restoration of catacombs, commissioning of the Vulgate by Jerome, and the Synod of Rome (382) affirming the biblical canon, though exact conciliar acts are unavailable beyond Gelasian references.<ref name="newadvent" /> He condemned Apollinarianism and Macedonianism, supporting Nicene orthodoxy, and promoted Latin hymnody with his own poetic epitaphs for martyrs.<ref name="britannica">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/St-Damasus-I|title=St. Damasus I|publisher=Britannica|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref>
'''Saint Damasus I''' (c. 304–384) was the bishop of Rome from October 366 until his death, presiding over a period of doctrinal consolidation and liturgical development in the late 4th-century Church.<ref name="newadvent">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04613a.htm|title=Pope St. Damasus I|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> Born in Rome to a Spanish father Antonius and mother Laurentia, historical records from the ''Liber Pontificalis'' confirm his early clerical career as deacon under Pope Liberius, enduring exile during Constantius II's Arian-leaning reign before returning under Julian.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Damasus_I|title=Pope Damasus I|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> Elected amid violent factionalism with antipope Ursinus in 366, Damasus's pontificate saw the restoration of catacombs, commissioning of the Vulgate by Jerome, and the Synod of Rome (382) affirming the biblical canon, though exact conciliar acts are unavailable beyond Gelasian references.<ref name="newadvent" /> He condemned Apollinarianism and Macedonianism, supporting Nicene orthodoxy, and promoted Latin hymnody with his own poetic epitaphs for martyrs.<ref name="britannica">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/St-Damasus-I|title=St. Damasus I|publisher=Britannica|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref>


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