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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Vol. III - English
URL: http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/NPNF2-03/Npnf2-03-47.htm

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Preface to the Translation of the Sayings of Xystus Composed at Aquileia About the Year 307 a.d.

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Sixtus II - English
URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14031c.htm

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Elected 31 Aug., 257, martyred at Rome, 6 Aug., 258. His origin is unknown. The "Liber Pontificalis" says that he was a Greek by birth, but this is probably a mistake, originating from the false assumption that he was identical with a Greek philosopher of the same name, who was the author of the so-called "Sentences" of Xystus.

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