Pope Pelagius II
Pope Saint Pelagius II | |
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| Church | The Catholic Church |
| Installed | 26 November 579 |
| Term ended | 7 February 590 |
| Predecessor | Benedict I |
| Successor | Gregory I |
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| Born | Pelagius |
| Died | 7 February 590 Rome, Eastern Roman Empire |
| Parents | Winigildus; unknown mother |
| Other popes named Pelagius | |
Pope Pelagius II (d. 7 February 590) was Pope from 26 November 579 to his death in 590.[1]
Life
Pelagius was a native of Rome, but probably of Ostrogothic descent, as his father's name was Winigild. Pelagius appealed for help from Emperor Maurice against the Lombards, but the Eastern Romans were of little help, forcing Pelagius to "buy" a truce and turn to the Franks, who invaded Italy, but left after being bribed by the Lombards.[1]
Pelagius labored to promote the celibacy of the clergy, and he issued such stringent regulations on this matter that his successor Pope Gregory I thought them too strict, and modified them to some extent.[1]
During his pontificate, the bishop of Milan, who had broken communion with Rome in the Schism of the Three Chapters, returned to full communion around 581, while other bishops in Northern Italy remained in schism.[1]
Pelagius ordered the construction of the Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, a church shrine over the place where Saint Lawrence was martyred. During his reign, the Visigoths of Spain converted, but he also faced conflict with the See of Constantinople over the adoption of the title of "Ecumenical Patriarch," which Pelagius believed to undermine the authority of the papacy.[1][2][3]
Pelagius fell victim to the plague that devastated Rome at the end of 590.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Mann, Horace K. (1911). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Duffy, Eamon. Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, Yale University Press, 2001. pp 62–63. ISBN 0-300-09165-6.
- ^ Maxwell-Stuart, P. G. Chronicle of the Popes: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Papacy from St. Peter to the Present, Thames & Hudson, 2002, p. 47. ISBN 0-500-01798-0.
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