Pope sylvester i biography of donald

Sylvester, Pope in the Age of Christian Liberty

St. Sylvester was the first Pope of Rome to reign entirely under the liberty of the Church, guaranteed by the Edict of Milan in 313. Sylvester - a priest of Rome and the son of one Rufinus, according to the Liber pontificalis - was elected to the See of Peter in 314.

During Sylvester’s reign, the city began its transition into its Christian era, with the construction of the great Constantinian basilicas - including the Basilica of St. Peter on the Vatican Hill, which was erected above a temple dedicated to Apollo, to mark the burial place of the first Bishop of Rome. St. Sylvester and Emperor Constantine also collaborated on the the Lateran Basilica and  Baptistery, which were built adjacent to the former imperial palace where the Pontiff lived, as well as  the (Roman) Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, and the Basilica of St.

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