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August 2 – Feast of Stephen the First (Stephen I) – Pope from 254-7 – He was one of the first popes to use Matthew 16:18 to argue for the pope's universal jurisdiction over the church, even in non-Roman dioceses.
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August 7 – Feast of Sixtus II and the Deacons of Rome – Pope from 257-8 – He softened the stance of his predecessor, St Stephen I, whose stance against the rebaptism of heretics, displeased St Cyprian of Carthage and the Eastern bishops.
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