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SIXTUS III

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 164 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIXTUS III . was See also:bishop of See also:Rome from the 31st of See also:July 432 to the 19th of See also:August 440. Before his See also:elevation to the pontificate he had been suspected of favouring the Pelagians, but when he became See also:pope he disappointed their expectations, and repelled their attempts to enter again into communion with the See also:Church. During his pontificate the dispute was settled between See also:Cyril of See also:Alexandria and See also:John of See also:Antioch, who had been at variance since the See also:council of See also:Ephesus, but he himself had some difficulties with See also:Proclus of See also:Constantinople with regard to the vicariate of Thessalonica. (L.

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