Pope Celestine I


Celestine I
Bishop of Rome
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy began10 September 422
Papacy ended1 August 432[1]
PredecessorBoniface I
SuccessorSixtus III
Personal details
Born
Celestine

C. 376 AD
DiedAugust 1, 432(432-08-01) (aged 55–56)
Sainthood
Feast day
Venerated in
Attributes
  • Dove
  • Dragon
  • Flame
Other popes named Celestine

Pope Celestine I (Latin: Caelestinus I) (c. 376 – 1 August 432) was the bishop of Rome from 10 September 422 to his death on 1 August 432. Celestine's tenure was largely spent combatting various ideologies deemed heretical. He supported the mission of the Gallic bishops that sent Germanus of Auxerre in 429, to Britain to address Pelagianism, and later commissioned Palladius as bishop to the Scots of Ireland and northern Britain. In 430, he held a synod in Rome which condemned the apparent views of Nestorius.[2]

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  2. ^ William Walker Rockwell (1911). "Celestine (popes)". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 5. (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 599–600.