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St. Callistus - English
URL: http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/CALLIXTU.htm

The name of St. Callistus is rendered famous by the ancient cemetery which he beautified, and which, for the great number of holy martyrs whose bodies were there deposited, was the most celebrated of all those about Rome. He was a Roman by birth, succeeded St. Zephirin in the pontificate in 217 or 218, on the 2nd of August, and governed the church five years and two months, according to the true reading of the most ancient Pontifical, compiled from the registers of the Roman Church, as Henschenius, Papebroke, and Moret show, though Tillemont and Orsi give him only four years and some months.

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Patron Saints Index: Saint Callistus I - English
URL: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintc36.htm

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Patron Saint Index profile of Pope Saint Callistus I. Also known as Callixtus; Calixtus. Born a slave, owned by Carpophorus, a Christian of the household of Caesar. His master entrusted a large sum to Callistus to open a bank, which took in several deposits, made several loans to people who refused to pay them back, and went broke. Knowing he would be personally blamed and punished, Callistus fled, but was caught and returned to his owner.

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ST. CALIXTUS I - English
URL: http://www.cfpeople.org/Books/Pope/POPEp16.htm

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St. Caliztus (or Callistus) was a Roman from the Trastevere district. His father's name was Domitius. He decreed a fast from corn, wine, and oil three times a year. These fasts together with the lenten fast make up the fasts of the four seasons which the Ember days prescribe even to today. Pope Calixtus is said to have built a basilica across the Tiber in his native Trastevere district. He constructed a cemetery on the Appian Way which is one of the most famous of Christian cemeteries. In it are buried many popes and martyrs.

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Callistus I - English
URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03183d.htm

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Martyr, died c. 223. His contemporary, Julius Africanus, gives the date of his accession as the first (or second?) year of Elagabalus, i.e., 218 or 219. Eusebius and the Liberian catalogue agree in giving him five years of episcopate.

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