regardless the catholic church admits these as martyrs and saints and records their deaths a week apart and St. Lawrence is credited with passing out all the church of Rome's stuff -- according to Rome it happened as is and The Church of Rome is what is at issue here not what contemporary writers ahve to say.
And if the Church of rome says it was wiped out it was wiped out and the sucession stopped then and there.
Tough stuff
And if the Church of rome says it was wiped out it was wiped out and the sucession stopped then and there. Can you provide a link from the Catholic Church explaining that it was 'wiped out' and 'succession stopped' by the martrydom of Pope Sixtus ll?
Where are you getting your reinterpretation of history from?