Pope Celestine I, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Date of Death: 27-Jul-0432
Profession: Catholic priest, cleric
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Pope Celestine I
- Pope Celestine I (Latin: Caelestinus I; died 1 August 432) was Pope from 10 September 422 to his death in 432.
- According to the Liber Pontificalis, the start of his papacy was 3 November.
- However, Tillemont places the date at 10 September.Celestine's tenure was largely spent combatting various ideologies deemed heretical.
- He supported the mission of the Gallic bishops that sent Germanus of Auxerre in 429, to Britain to address Pelagianism, and later commissioned Palladius as bishop to the Scots of Ireland and northern Britain.
- In 430, he held a synod in Rome which condemned the apparent views of Nestorius.
- He also opposed the Novationists who refused absolution to the lapsi, arguing that reconciliation should never be refused to any dying sinner who sincerely asked it.
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