Editing Pope Sixtus I (section)

== Biography ==
Some authorities agree that he reigned about ten years. According to the ''[[Liberian Catalogue]]'' of popes, he served the [[Early church|Church]] during the reign of [[Hadrian]] "from the consulate of Niger and Apronianus until that of Verus III and Ambibulus", that is, from 117 to 126.<ref name="ce" /> [[Eusebius]] states in his ''[[Chronicon (Eusebius)|Historia Ecclesiastica]]'' that Sixtus I reigned from 119 to 128,<ref>[[Eusebius]], ''[[Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius)|Ecclesiastical History]]''. [https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201.iii.ix.iv.html IV, 4]. "In the third year of the same reign [<nowiki/>[[Hadrian]]], Alexander, bishop of Rome, died after holding office ten years. His successor was Xystus". [https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201.iii.ix.v.html IV, 5]. "In the twelfth year of the reign of Adrian, Xystus, having completed the tenth year of his episcopate, was succeeded by Telesphorus, the seventh in succession from the apostles." The [[Caesarea Maritima|Caesarean]] calendar bean in 3 October, see {{Cite book |last=Burgess |first=Richard W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9R_CGC9wL9MC&pg=PA29 |title=Studies in Eusebian and Post-Eusebian Chronography |date=1999 |publisher=Franz Steiner Verlag |isbn=978-3-515-07530-5 |pages=29}}</ref> which is repeated in the [[Chronicon (Jerome)|Latin translation]] of his ''[[Chronicon (Eusebius)|Chronicon]]''.<ref>[[Jerome]], [https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/jerome_chronicle_03_part2.htm Chronicon], 3rd year of [[Hadrian]], AD 119. "Xystus holds the 6th episcopate of the Roman church for 10 years." AD 128, 12th year of Hadrian: "Telesphorus received the seventh episcopate of the Roman church for 11 years."</ref> However, the Armenian translation dates Telesphorus’ accession to 124. Eusebius himself begins to show internal inconsistencies for the chronology of this period; [[Richard Adelbert Lipsius]] compares the available sources and asserts that Sixtus died between around 125, after a tenure of 10 years.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lipsius |first=Richard Adelbert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jnVKgrFFMN8C&pg=PA183 |title=Chronologie der römischen Bischöfe bis zur Mitte des vierten Jahrhunderts |date=1869 |publisher=Schwers |pages=183–192 |language=de}}</ref>
Like most of his predecessors, Sixtus I was believed to have been buried near [[Saint Peter|Peter]]'s grave on [[Vatican Hill]], although there are differing traditions concerning where his body lies today. In [[Alife, Campania|Alife]], there is a [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] crypt, which houses the relics of Pope Sixtus I, brought there by [[Ranulf II of Alife|Rainulf III]]. [[Alban Butler]] (''Lives of the Saints'', 6 April) states that [[Clement X]] gave some of his relics to [[Cardinal de Retz]], who placed them in the Abbey of Saint Michael in [[Lorraine]].

=== Liturgical codification ===
Sixtus I instituted several Catholic liturgical and administrative traditions. According to the ''[[Liber Pontificalis]]'' (ed. Duchesne, I.128), he passed the following three ordinances:
* that none but sacred ministers are allowed to touch the sacred vessels;
* that bishops who have been summoned to the Holy See shall, upon their return, not be received by their diocese except on presenting Apostolic letters;
* that after the [[Preface (liturgy)|Preface]] in the [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]], the priest shall recite the ''[[Sanctus]]'' with the people.<ref name="ce" />