During the pontificate of St. Sylvester, from 314 to 335, the long persecutions in Rome came to an end, and the Church

ST. SABINUS, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs. The cruel edicts of Diocletian and Maximin against the Christians being published in the year

Thomas was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He engaged in conflict with Henry II of England over