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New Year’s Eve celebrates St. Silvester – the 4th-century pope whose legend shaped ideas of church and state

  • Written by Cavan W. Concannon, Professor of Religion and Classics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
New Year’s Eve celebrates St. Silvester – the 4th-century pope whose legend shaped ideas of church and stateA mosaic of St. Silvester baptizing Emperor Constantine, from the Basilica Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome.Peter1936F/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

On Dec. 31, while many people are preparing for their New Years Eve parties, some Roman Catholic Christians will also mark the feast day for St. Silvester.

Little is known for certain about Silvester’...

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