Pope Miltiades

Pope Saint Miltiades
Bishop of Rome
Icon painting
Church	Early Church
Papacy began	2 July 311
Papacy ended	10 or 11 January 314
Predecessor	Eusebius
Successor	Sylvester I
Personal details
Born	Miltiades or Melchiades Unknown date North Africa
Died	10 or 11 January 314 Rome, Roman Empire
Buried	Catacomb of Callixtus, Appian Way, Rome, Italy
Denomination	Christian
Sainthood
Feast day	December 10
Venerated in	Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Oriental Orthodox Churches Anglicanism Lutheranism

Pope Miltiades (‹See Tfd›Greek: Μιλτιάδης, Miltiádēs), also known as Melchiades the African (Μελχιάδης ὁ Ἀφρικανός Melkhiádēs ho Aphrikanós), was the bishop of Rome from 311 to his death on 10 or 11 January 314. It was during his pontificate that Emperor Constantine the Great issued the Edict of Milan (313), giving Christianity legal status within the Roman Empire. The pope also received the palace of Empress Fausta where the Lateran Palace, the papal seat and residence of the papal administration, would be built. At the Lateran Council, during the schism with the Church of Carthage, Miltiades condemned the rebaptism of apostatised bishops and priests, a teaching of Donatus Magnus.