Pope Benedict I

Also known as

Bonosus

Profile

Reigned during the famine which followed a Lombard invasion of Italy. Worked to restore order in the civil disruption that followed the invasions. Confirmed the Fifth Council at Constantinople. Died during a siege of Rome.

Born

in Rome, Italy

Papal Ascension

2 June 575

Died

30 July 579 in Rome, Italy of natural causes

Name Meaning

blessed (Latin)

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