Pope Pelagius II

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Pope Pelagius II was a late 6th-century pope known for leading the Church during the Lombard invasions of Italy and for paving the way for the influential pontificate of his successor, Gregory the Great.

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Label Occurrences
Pope Pelagius II canonical 5
Pelagius II 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
Italian bishop ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
appointed Gregory I as deacon ⓘ
Gregory I as papal apocrisiarius in Constantinople ⓘ
attemptedAllianceWith Franks ⓘ
birthPlace Rome ⓘ
burialPlace Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
causeOfDeath plague ⓘ
church Catholic Church ⓘ
citizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
concernedWith schism of the Three Chapters ⓘ
conflict Lombards ⓘ
countryRuled Papal States ⓘ
deathDate 590 ⓘ
deathEvent plague outbreak in Rome in 590 ⓘ
deathPlace Rome ⓘ
era 6th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Gothic ⓘ
honorificPrefix Pope ⓘ
issued letters to bishops in Northern Italy ⓘ
knownFor ecclesiastical administration in Italy ⓘ
efforts to defend Rome against the Lombards ⓘ
leading the Church during the Lombard invasions of Italy ⓘ
preparing the way for the pontificate of Gregory the Great ⓘ
relations with the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
name Pelagius II ⓘ
linked to: Pope Pelagius II
oversaw construction and repair of churches in Rome ⓘ
restoration works in Rome ⓘ
papacyEnd 590 ⓘ
papacyStart 579 ⓘ
papalNumber 63rd Pope ⓘ
policy opposed the schismatic bishops of Aquileia ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Pope

Patriarch of the West ⓘ
Supreme Pontiff ⓘ
linked to: Pope
predecessor Pope Benedict I ⓘ
regionOfActivity Italy ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
reignDuring Lombard invasions of Italy ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Lateran Palace ⓘ
linked to: Lateran complex
see Holy See ⓘ
soughtAssistanceFrom Byzantine Emperor Maurice ⓘ
Byzantine Emperor Tiberius II Constantine ⓘ
successor Gregory the Great ⓘ
Pope Gregory I ⓘ
linked to: Gregory the Great
supportedCouncil Second Council of Constantinople ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Gregory the Dialogist → predecessor → Pope Pelagius II ⓘ
Gregory the Great → predecessor → Pope Pelagius II ⓘ
Pope Pelagius II → name → Pelagius II ⓘ
linked to: Pope Pelagius II
Pope Benedict I → successor → Pope Pelagius II ⓘ