The first bishop known is Mark, legate of Pope Sylvester at the Council of Nicaea (325).

According to it, Pope Sylvester was even offered the imperial crown, which, however, he refused.

According to a legend, its church was founded by Pope Sylvester, who had taken refuge there to escape Constantine's persecution.

Pope Sylvester, or Silvester may refer to:

The well maintained ceiling frescoes depict the Visitation and Pope Sylvester's worship of Mary.

Pope Sylvester III (died 1062 or 1063)

It was the Emperor Constantine who had given Pope Sylvester the whole kingdom of the West and had attempted to give him the crown.

Pope Sylvester I, himself too aged to attend, sent two priests as his delegates.

January 18 - Pope Mark succeeds Pope Sylvester I as the 34th pope.

The marble cross that had been set at the top of the pediment by Pope Sylvester and the Emperor Constantine was lowered to the ground.