Pelagius has been the papal name of two popes of the Roman Catholic Church. The name is the Latin form of the Greek name Πελαγιος (Pelagios), which was derived from πελαγος (pelagos) "the sea".
PopePelagius II (died 7 February 590) was the bishop of Rome from 26 November 579 to his death. Pelagius was a native of Rome, but probably of Ostrogothic...
PopePelagius I (died 3 March 561) was the bishop of Rome from 556 to his death. A former apocrisiarius to Constantinople, Pelagius I was elected pope...
asceticism. Pelagius especially stressed the freedom of human will. Very little is known about the personal life and career of Pelagius. Pelagius was active...
Publishing. ISBN 1-889758-86-8 (reprint of the 1916 edition; ends with Pope Pelagius, AD 579–90; English translation with scholarly footnotes and illustrations)...
Pope Pelagius, who reigned from 579 until 590. English translation with scholarly footnotes, and illustrations). Richard P. McBrien, Lives of the Popes, (Harper...
chosen." Gregory's mother, Silvia, is herself a saint. Eventually, PopePelagius II ordained Gregory a deacon and solicited his help in trying to heal...
Argentina (Pope Francis) PopePelagius I (556–561) Pope John III (561–574) PopePelagius II (579–590) Pope Gregory I (590–604) Pope Sabinian (604–606) Pope Boniface...
Vitae patrum into Latin which PopePelagius I had begun. Catelinus was elected to succeed Pelagius I and was consecrated as pope on 17 July 561. He took the...
Pope Pelagius I, holding only a "sham election" to replace Vigilius; afterwards, Justinian was content to be limited to the approval of the pope, as with...
Augustine of Hippo. According to Peter Brown, before being made pope, Sixtus was a patron of Pelagius, who was later condemned as a heretic, although Alban Butler...
play, on 18 February 999. He is buried in St. Peter's Basilica near PopePelagius I. His successor was Gerbert, who took the name Sylvester II. Brooke...
This chronological list of popes of the Catholic Church corresponds to that given in the Annuario Pontificio under the heading "I Sommi Pontefici Romani"...
sin. Pelagius (c. 355–c. 420) was an ascetic layman, probably from the British Isles, who moved to Rome in the early 380s. Like Jerome, Pelagius criticized...
leader of Calakmul. March 4 – PopePelagius I dies in Rome after a five-year reign, and is succeeded by John III as the 61st pope. Jnanagupta, a Buddhist monk...
Leo II (96) Pope Leo IV (115) Pope Nicholas I (119) Pope Paschal II (163) PopePelagius II (72) Pope Sergius I (89) Pope Sergius II (106) Pope Simplicius...
large basilica over his tomb that was built around 600 by PopePelagius I and restored by Pope Adrian I. A catacomb in the Salarian Way bears his name....
(Southern Italy). Winter – Pope Vigilius arrives in Constantinople, to meet with Emperor Justinian I. The future PopePelagius is sent by Totila to negotiate...
The church was restored or rebuilt by Pope Damasus I, who had served there as a deacon. In the 580s, PopePelagius II commissioned the construction of a...
– PopePelagius II falls victim to the plague that devastated Rome. After an 11-year reign he is succeeded by Gregory I, age 50, as the 64th pope, and...
Pelágio Galvão, Pelayo Gaytan, Pelagio di Santa Lucia, Pelagius of Albano, Pelagius of St. Lucia, Pelagius Albanensis. According to Maleczek, p. 166 note 320...
Vigilius declared his submission to the council, as did his successor, PopePelagius I. The council was not immediately recognized as ecumenical in the West...
since Pope Gregory the Great had even condemned Authari for his Arian heresy. During the year Agilulf assumed the Lombard throne, PopePelagius II had...
(apocrisiarius) to Constantinople is elected as PopePelagius I, succeeding Vigilius as the 60th pope of Rome. Gao Bainian, crown prince of Northern Qi...
A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II)...
Avenio (Avignon) at the same time as the plague broke out in Rome under PopePelagius II. The plague of Amwas (Arabic: طاعون عمواس, romanized: ṭāʿūn ʿAmwās)...
see. A report was sent to Rome and PopePelagius II solemnly annulled the acts of this council. In 590 PopePelagius II was succeeded by Gregory I, who...
heroine. The same year that Agilulf assumed the Lombard throne, the PopePelagius II had died and Gregory the Great became pontiff. Historian Johannes...
succeeds PopePelagius II (who dies of plague) as the 64th pope. 594: Beginning of the Bengali Calendar or (বঙ্গাব্দ Bônggabdô or Banggabda). 595: Pope Gregory...
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