Sylvester was pope from 314-335, a 21-year reign (in contrast to the two-and-a-half-year reign of his predecessor, St. Miltiades. Miltiades was pope when Constantine issued the Edict of Milan ...
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People celebrate the New Year in Venice's Piazza San Marco on January 1st, 2014. Photo by ANDREA PATTARO / AFP Sylvester is one of the Catholic Church's least-known saints – in the sense that there is ...