Pope Miltiades • Topzle

Pope Miltiades (Ancient Greek: Μιλτιάδης, Miltiádēs), also known as Melchiades the African (Μελχιάδης ὁ Ἀφρικανός Melkhiádēs ho Aphrikanós), 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 (313), giving Christianity legal status within the Roman Empire. The pope also received the palace of Empress Fausta where the Lateran Palace, the papal seat and residence of the papal administration, would be built. At the Lateran Council, during the schism with the Church of Carthage, Miltiades condemned the rebaptism of apostatised bishops and priests, a teaching of Donatus Magnus.

Infobox

Church

Catholic Church

Papacy began

2 July 311

Papacy ended

10 or 11 January 314

Predecessor

Eusebius

Successor

Sylvester I

Born

Unknown dateRoman Africa, Roman Empire

Died

10 or 11 January 314Rome, Italy, Roman Empire

Buried

Catacomb of Callixtus, Appian Way, Rome, Italy

Denomination

Christian

Feast day

10 December

Venerated in

Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox ChurchAnglican CommunionOriental Orthodox ChurchesAnglicanismLutheranism

Tables

· References

Preceded byEusebius

Titles of the Great Christian Church

Preceded byEusebius

Titles of the Great Christian Church

Pope 311–314

Titles of the Great Christian Church

Succeeded bySylvester I

Titles of the Great Christian Church
Preceded byEusebius	Pope 311–314	Succeeded bySylvester I

References

Kirsch 1913, p. 318.

McBrien 2000, p. 56.

Levillain 2002, p. 993.

Kirsch 1912, p. 638.

Gibbon 2008, p. 132.

Kirsch 1909, p. 615.

Green 2010, p. 219.

De Clerq 1954, p. 143.

O'Malley 2009, p. 31.

White 2007, pp. 55–56.

Burris 2012, pp. 74–77.

Finn 2004, p. 112.

Burris 2012, p. 78.

Malveaux 2015, p. 115.

Burris 2012, p. 79.

Lenski 2012, p. 75.

Calendarium Romanum 1969, p. 148.

Martyrologium Romanum 2001.