Saint of the Day – 27 July – Pope Saint Celestine I, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Feast Day, Beatification Date, Canonization Date

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Today is Friday, March 29, 2024

The Memorial of Pope Saint Celestine I

Pope Saint Celestine I Attributes are
1. Dove
2. Dragon
3. Flame

Pope Saint Celestine I Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Feast Day, Beatification Date, Canonization DateMatrimony/Holy OrdersPope who became Saints

Pope Saint Celestine I brief life History

Date of Birth Mid 350s AD
Country of Birth Italy in Europe
Profession Pope
Place of Work Rome
Date of Death 27 July 432
Place of Death Rome, Italy
Feast Day 27 July
Beatification By Pre-Congregation
Canonization By Pre-Congregation
Patron Saint of His Attributes are
1. Dove
2. Dragon
3. Flame

Pope Saint Celestine I Short life History

Pope Saint Celestine I was the Son of Priscus. May have been related to Emperor Valentinian. May have worked with Saint Ambrose of Milan. Deacon in Rome, Italy in 416. Almost nothing else is known about Celestine before his unanimous election as 43rd pope.

Ordered the bishops of Vienne and Narbonne in Gaul to correct doctrinal errors and abuses. He sent Saint Germanus of Auxerre to Britain to oppose Pelagianism in 429, and later wrote a treatise himself against semi-Pelagianism. Opposed the Manichaeans, Donatists, Noviatians whose heresies were spreading.

Convened a council in Rome in 430, sent legates to the General Council of Ephesus in 431 to condemn Nestorianism, excommunicated Nestorius and deposed him. Dispatched Palladius to evangelize Ireland in 431.

Friend of and correspondent with Saint Augustine of Hippo; their letters indicate that Rome was the final authority for theology in the 5th century. Restored the basilica of Saint Mary Travestere after it had been damaged in Alaric’s sack of Rome.

He worked to reform the clergy of Gaul, and ordered that absolution should never be denied to the dying who were sincere in their repentance.

Pope Saint Celestine I died on 27 July 432 in Rome, Italy of natural causes. He was buried in the cemetery of Priscilla in Rome. His tomb is decorated with painted scenes of the Council of Ephesus. His relics translated to the church of Saint Praxedes on 820

Today’s Catholic Quote:

St. Celestine rebukes the adoption of special clerical garb by the clergy. He wrote: “We [the bishops and clergy] should be distinguished from the common people by our learning, not by our clothes; by our conduct, not by our dress; by cleanness of mind, not by the care we spend upon our person”

Pope Saint Celestine I
Pope Saint Celestine I


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