Sixtus

Article summary

Sixtus is a Roman name, a corruption of the Greek name " ", meaning "polished", and originally Latinized "Xystus". Its Spanish form is Sixto. *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), 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

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1. date of birth: 1940 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364692672