Historical Events tagged with "miltiades"
Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.
Religion & Philosophy
Pope Sylvester I Consecrated as Pope
January 31st, 314 1711 years ago
Pope Sylvester I was consecrated as the 33rd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Pope Miltiades. This significant transition of leadership in Early Christianity took place amidst growing acceptance of Christianity within the Roman Empire, marked by the Edict of Milan in 313. Sylvester’s papacy began during a transformative period where Christianity was evolving from a persecuted faith to the state religion of the empire.
Continue Reading