Damasus
Bishop of Rome (366-384), he marked the transition to the new day for Old Rome. He was able to fuse the old roman civic and imperial pride with Christianity. Claimed that due to the merit of the Apostles Peter and Paul’s martyrdom in Rome, they could be claimed as Roman citizens.
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