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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" /> | '''Pope 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" /> | ||
Sylvester condemned Donatism and supported Nicene orthodoxy, commissioning the Vulgate translation by Jerome in 382, and restored catacombs with inscriptions honoring martyrs; evidence from Jerome's dedications and Constantinian coins with Christian symbols verifies his era's transformations.<ref name="britannica">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/St-Sylvester-I|title=St. Sylvester I|publisher=Britannica|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Dying peacefully on December 31, 335, he was buried in San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, where his tomb fostered early veneration; as an ancient pope, his sainthood arose through acclamation, with no formal process, and feast on December 31.<ref name="catholic_online">{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=381|title=St. Sylvester|publisher=Catholic Online|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Hagiographic legends, like baptizing and healing Constantine from leprosy or slaying a dragon, originate from the 8th-century ''Constitutum Constantini'' forgery rather than contemporary sources, universally rejected as apocryphal since the Renaissance.<ref name="franciscan">{{Cite web|url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-sylvester-i|title=Saint Sylvester I|publisher=Franciscan Media|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> As patron of animals and the New Year, Sylvester symbolizes the Church's imperial dawn; his inscriptions adorn catacomb walls. | Sylvester condemned Donatism and supported Nicene orthodoxy, commissioning the Vulgate translation by Jerome in 382, and restored catacombs with inscriptions honoring martyrs; evidence from Jerome's dedications and Constantinian coins with Christian symbols verifies his era's transformations.<ref name="britannica">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/St-Sylvester-I|title=St. Sylvester I|publisher=Britannica|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Dying peacefully on December 31, 335, he was buried in San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, where his tomb fostered early veneration; as an ancient pope, his sainthood arose through acclamation, with no formal process, and feast on December 31.<ref name="catholic_online">{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=381|title=St. Sylvester|publisher=Catholic Online|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Hagiographic legends, like baptizing and healing Constantine from leprosy or slaying a dragon, originate from the 8th-century ''Constitutum Constantini'' forgery rather than contemporary sources, universally rejected as apocryphal since the Renaissance.<ref name="franciscan">{{Cite web|url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-sylvester-i|title=Saint Sylvester I|publisher=Franciscan Media|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> As patron of animals and the New Year, Sylvester symbolizes the Church's imperial dawn; his inscriptions adorn catacomb walls. | ||