BY SOCRATES SCHOLASTICUS

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

original: "Եկեղեցական Պատմութիւն" (Ekeghets’akan Patmut’iwn). This is a foundational work of early Christian historiography, covering the years 305 to 439 AD.

THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE

OF SAINT SYLVESTER, BISHOP

Saint Sylvester I served as the Bishop of Rome (Pope) from 314 to 335 AD, during the reign of Constantine the Great.