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People: Pope Callixtus I
Topic: Bamian, 1221 siege of
Location: Carchemish Turkey

Pope Callixtus I

bishop of Rome
Years: 175 - 222

Pope Saint Callixtus I or Callistus I was pope from about 217 to about 222, during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus.

He was martyred for his Christian faith and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.