He was Pope from 257 to 258. He was beheaded seated on his papal throne. While he was on his way to be executed, his deacon, Saint Laurence, ran up and asked him where he was going without his deacon. Saint Sixtus told Saint Laurence that he would follow him in three days, and so he did.
Saint Sixtus II , detail from the Sistine Madonna by Raphael (1512)
