Pope Miltiades (Greek: Μιλτιάδης, Miltiádēs), also known as Melchiades the African was the bishop of Rome from 311 to his death on 10 or 11 January 314.
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Pope St. Miltiades was the head of the Western Church and bishop of Rome during the years 311 A.D. through 314 A.D. when he died.
Pope Miltiades, also known as Melchiades the African, was the bishop of Rome from 311 to his death on 10 or 11 January 314. It was during his pontificate that Emperor Constantine the Great issued the Edict of Milan, giving Christianity legal... Wikipedia
Born: Africa
Died: January 314 AD, Roman Empire
Church: Early Church
Feast day: December 10
Papacy began: 2 July 311
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Died in 314. An African, his name is also sometimes given as Miltiadea or Melchiades.
Saint Miltiades, pope from 311 to 314. Miltiades became the first pope after the edicts of toleration by the Roman emperors Galerius, Maxentius, ...
Pope Saint Miltiades, also called Melchiades was the bishop of Rome from July 2, 311 to January 10, 314. His papacy marked the end of the church's period of ...
Miltiades is best known for being Emperor Constantine's first pope. Constantine was famously sympathetic to the Church, formally declaring Christianity legal ...
St. Miltiades was a Roman of African descent, who was a priest at the time of his election in 311. At some point in his career, he met Constantine.
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