Pope Pelagius II

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Catholic priest Italian bishop Pope

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pope Pelagius II canonical	4
Pelagius II	1

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 worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
citizenship	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
concernedWith	edict of Justinian I against the Three Chapters ⓘ surface form: 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	Pope Pelagius II self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome Patriarch of the West ⓘ Pope ⓘ surface form: Supreme Pontiff
predecessor	Pope Benedict I ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Italy ⓘ Rome ⓘ
reignDuring	Lombard invasion of Italy ⓘ surface form: Lombard invasions of Italy
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
residence	Lateran complex ⓘ surface form: Lateran Palace
see	Holy See ⓘ
soughtAssistanceFrom	Maurice (Byzantine emperor) ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Emperor Maurice Tiberius II Constantine ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Emperor Tiberius II Constantine
successor	Gregory the Great ⓘ Gregory the Great ⓘ surface form: Pope Gregory I
supportedCouncil	Second Council of Constantinople ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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 ⓘ

Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura → rebuiltBy → Pope Pelagius II ⓘ

Pope Pelagius II → name → Pope Pelagius II self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pelagius II

Basilica of Saint Laurence Outside the Walls → rebuiltBy → Pope Pelagius II ⓘ