Today is the memorial of Pope Sixtus and his companion martyrs. A little known fact is that Pope Sixtus along with these four deacons were as inseparable in life as they were in death. They did everything together and were always seen together around Rome at the time. In fact the slang for a close group of friends became known as a Sixtus pack.
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Groan!
One question, who was #six?
Somebody wondered, if the next Pope will take the name Sixtus, making him (drumroll) Sixtus the Sixth?! (hee hee)
LOL
Reminds me of Pius the 7th who in French is called Pie 7 which phonetically sounds like “pissette” which means “small pee” as in take a small leak… anyway… ok I’m gone now.
It takes a lot of exorcise to get a Sixtus pack.