Editing Pope Sixtus II (section)

==Legacy==
Sixtus II is referred to by name in the [[Roman Canon]] of the [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]].<ref name="cathenc"/> The [[Tridentine calendar]] commemorated Sixtus, Felicissimus, and Agapitus on the feast of the [[Transfiguration of the Lord]], 6 August. They remained in that position in the [[General Roman Calendar]] until 1969, when, with the abolition of commemorations, the [[memorial (liturgy)|memorial]] of Sixtus "and his companions" was moved to 7 August, the day immediately after that of their death.<ref>''Calendarium Romanum'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1969), p. 133</ref>

The following inscription honoring Sixtus was placed on his tomb in the [[catacomb of Callixtus]] by [[Pope Damasus I]]:
{{Blockquote|At the time when the sword pierced the bowels of the Mother, I, buried here, taught as Pastor the Word of God; when suddenly the soldiers rushed in and dragged me from the chair. The faithful offered their necks to the sword, but as soon as the Pastor saw the ones who wished to rob him of the palm (of martyrdom) he was the first to offer himself and his own head, not tolerating that the (pagan) frenzy should harm the others. Christ, who gives recompense, made manifest the Pastor's merit, preserving unharmed the flock.<ref name="migne">[[J. P. Migne]], ''[[Patrologia Latina]]'', XIII, 383–4 [http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/01p/0366-0383,_SS_Damasus_I,_Carmina_Vol_1,_MLT.pdf]</ref>}}