Roman Catholic Pope and Saint. Very little is known of his early life, other than he was a Roman from Campania. He may have lived with St. Ambrose but he is first mentioned in a letter in 416 by Pope Innocent I. He was also a correspondent with Saint Augustine and remained life long friends. By September of 422, he succeeded Boniface as Pope. By 430, he held a synod in Rome where the church dealt with ongoing heresies such as the teachings of Nestorius. His time as pope was spent continuously defending the church from a variety of heresies from the Pelagians, the Novations, the Manichaeons, and Donatists. He wrote many letters to various bishops to keep true to canon law, dress appropriately, and to speak out against attacks on church dogma. In 431, he sent Palladius as a missionary to the Scots and Irish. After Palladius abandoned the posting, Celestine assigned Saint Patrick who became a significant force in the conversion of those races. He restored various churches including the church of Santa Maria and St. Sabina. Sixteen letters of his have survived. Upon his death, he was originally interred in the cemetery of St. Priscilla in the Via Salaria but was later moved to this current resting place in 820. His relics are also claimed by the cathedral of Mantua.
Roman Catholic Pope and Saint. Very little is known of his early life, other than he was a Roman from Campania. He may have lived with St. Ambrose but he is first mentioned in a letter in 416 by Pope Innocent I. He was also a correspondent with Saint Augustine and remained life long friends. By September of 422, he succeeded Boniface as Pope. By 430, he held a synod in Rome where the church dealt with ongoing heresies such as the teachings of Nestorius. His time as pope was spent continuously defending the church from a variety of heresies from the Pelagians, the Novations, the Manichaeons, and Donatists. He wrote many letters to various bishops to keep true to canon law, dress appropriately, and to speak out against attacks on church dogma. In 431, he sent Palladius as a missionary to the Scots and Irish. After Palladius abandoned the posting, Celestine assigned Saint Patrick who became a significant force in the conversion of those races. He restored various churches including the church of Santa Maria and St. Sabina. Sixteen letters of his have survived. Upon his death, he was originally interred in the cemetery of St. Priscilla in the Via Salaria but was later moved to this current resting place in 820. His relics are also claimed by the cathedral of Mantua.
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