Sixtus Explained

Sixtus is a Roman name, a corruption of the Greek name "Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ξυστος", meaning "polished", and originally Latinized "Xystus". Its Spanish form is Sixto.

Popes

• Pope Sixtus I (115/116–125)
• Pope Sixtus II (257–258)
• Pope Sixtus III (432–440)
• Pope Sixtus IV (1471–1484)
• Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590)

Others

• Sixtus of Reims (d. c. 300), bishop of Reims
• Sixtus of Esztergom (d. 1285/86), Hungarian clergyman
• Sixtus of Siena (1520–1569), Jewish Roman Catholic theologian
• Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886–1934)
• Albert Sixtus (1892–1960), German children's writer
• Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914–1996), American statesmen, 58th United States Secretary of State 1980–81
• Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma (born 1940)
• Sixtus Lanner (1934–2022), Austrian politician
• Sixtus Leung Chung-hang (born 1986), Hong Kong activist and politician

See also

• Saint Sixtus (disambiguation)
• Sixtus Affair