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Saint Sylvester's Day, also known as Silvester or the Feast of Saint Sylvester, is the day of the feast of Pope Sylvester I, a saint who served as Pope from 314 to 335. Medieval legend made him responsible for the conversion of emperor Constantine .
Pope Sylvester I (also Silvester, 270 – 31 December 335) was the bishop of Rome from 31 January 314 until his death on 31 December 335. [3] [4] He filled the See of Rome at an important era in the history of the Western Church, though very little is known of his life.
December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, [1] New Year's Eve or Old Year's Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the following year.
Saint Sylvester or Silvester may refer to: Sylvester I (285–335), pope and Christian saint New Year's Eve, Saint Silvester's feast day; Saint Silvester Marathon, street running competition in Brazil; San Silvestre Vallecana, street running competition in Spain; St. Sylvester, Schwabing, a church dedicated to the saint; Saint Sylvester Gozzolini
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The Basilica of Saint Sylvester the First, [2] also known as (Italian: San Silvestro in Capite, Latin: Sancti Silvestri in Capite), is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and titular church in Rome dedicated to Pope Sylvester I (d. AD 335).
St. Nick's Day occurs annually Dec. 6, which is a Friday this year. What is St. Nicholas Day, and how is it celebrated? St. Nicholas Day is the feast day of St. Nicholas, the fourth century bishop ...
In the Chapel of Saint Sylvester at the Santi Quattro Coronati basilica in Rome, dedicated in 1247, a series of very crude frescoes depict the events of the Acts of Sylvester. [43] Fried notes the subtlety of the political messages being conveyed in the artwork, expressions created at the apex of conflict between pope and emperor.