Saint Siricius (Subscribe)
Links
The Ecole Glossary
http://www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/glossary/siricius.html
Pope St. Siricius was apparently the first to issue decretals.
Popes Through the Ages
http://www.cfpeople.org/Books/Pope/POPEp38.htm
Account of the pontificate of St. Siricius, from the book by Joseph Brusher.
Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14026a.htm
Pope, d. 399. St. Siricius condemned Jovinian, but this did not spare the pope from criticism by St. Jerome.