Pope Sixtus II
Sixtus II was pope from August 30, 257 to August 6, 258, following Stephen I as bishop of Rome in 257. He died on August 6, 258 as a martyr during persecution by Emperor Valerian I.
According to the Liber Pontificalis, he was a Greek by birth. He restored the relations with the African and Eastern churches which had been broken off by his predecessor on the question of heretical baptism.
He is thought to be the author of the pseudo-Cyprianic writing Ad Novatianum, though this view has not found general acceptance. Another composition written at Rome, 253-258, is generally agreed to be his.
