Pope Damasus I - Wikipedia Pope Damasus I ( ˈ d æ m ə s ə s ; c 305 – 11 December 384), also known as Damasus of Rome, [1] was the bishop of Rome from October 366 to his death in 384 It is claimed that he presided over the Council of Rome of 382 that determined the canon or official list of sacred scripture
Saint Damasus I | Biography, Pope, Legacy, Facts | Britannica St Damasus I (born c 304, Rome—died December 11, 384, Rome; feast day December 11) was the pope from October 1, 366, to December 11, 384 During his rule the primacy of the Roman see was asserted
Pope Saint Damasus I - Saints Angels - Catholic Online Damasus was the pope who commissioned Saint Jerome to translate the Scriptures into Latin, the Vulgate version of the Bible Damasus was a sixty-year-old deacon when he was elected bishop of Rome in 366
Saint Damasus I - Franciscan Media The son of a Roman priest, possibly of Spanish extraction, Damasus started as a deacon in his father’s church, and served as a priest in what later became the basilica of San Lorenzo in Rome He served Pope Liberius (352-366) and followed him into exile
Saint Damasus I, Pope – Saint of the Day from My Catholic Life! Reflection: Pope Saint Damasus I, whom we honor today, was born at a time when the Church was experiencing the worst imperial persecution in the Roman Empire In 303, two years before Damasus was born, the Emperor Diocletian initiated what came to be called the Great Persecution
St. Damasus I | EWTN Damasus defended with vigour the Catholic Faith in a time of dire and varied perils In two Roman synods (368 and 369) he condemned Apollinarianism and Macedonianism; he also sent his legates to the Council of Constantinople (381), convoked against the aforesaid heresies
Damasus I - New World Encyclopedia Damasus was the first pope to refer to Rome as the "apostolic see," and it was he who introduced Latin as the official language of the mass He helped to discover many martyrs' tombs—as well as Rome's famous catacombs—and did much to support their restoration and veneration