Pope Damasus I

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

Pope366–384

Who

Commissioned Jerome's revision of the Latin Bible, adorned the tombs of the martyrs with his inscriptions, and presided at the Roman synod of 382, which drew up a list of the canonical books.

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Annuario Pontificio

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In the succession →

See of Rome, 366–384.

Succeeded: Pope Liberius352–366
See of Rome, 366–384
Succeeded by: Pope Siricius384–399
See of Rome, 384–399

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