Saint Damasus I
A 4th-century pope, Saint Damasus dedicated his pontificate to the preservation and embellishment of the Roman catacombs. He commissioned the calligra…
First name and chronology
Damasus
2 saints and blesseds bear the name Damasus, between 301 and 400; the most famous is Saint Damasus, celebrated on December 11th.
Chronology of the name Damasus
Dated figures are ordered from earliest to latest.
- 301-400 Saint Damasus I A 4th-century pope, Saint Damasus dedicated his pontificate to the preservation and embellishment of the Roman catacombs…
- 305-384 Saint Damasus of Spain Elected pope in 366, this Spaniard by origin was a great defender of orthodoxy against the Arian and Apollinarian heresi…