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Vigilius

Also known as Pope Vigilius, Pope Vigilius I, Vigilius I

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Vigilius was a pope who led the Catholic Church during the 6th century, a period of significant theological disputes and political turmoil in the early Christian world. He is historically significant for his involvement in major church councils and controversies over Christian doctrine, particularly regarding how Christ's nature was understood.

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Vigilius is indexed among the 268 entries in Vinony's Popes collection.

Vinony's link graph records 415 inbound references to Vigilius, and connects out to Pope, Justinian I and Syracuse.

It sits within the topics 555 deaths, 6th-century Italian writers and 6th-century popes.

Vinony links it to 71 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Rome
Place of death: Syracuse
Occupation: author
Languages spoken: Latin
Religion: Catholic Church
Image: Papa Vigilio 1678.jpg
Work location: Rome

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Commons category: Vigilius
date of death: 0555-06-07
name in native language: Vigilius PP.
described by source: Wikitólica
writing language: Latin

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Encyclopedic overview

Pope Vigilius (died 7 June 555) was the bishop of Rome from 29 March 537 to his death on 7 June 555. He is considered the first pope of the Byzantine papacy. Born into Roman aristocracy, Vigilius served as a deacon and papal apocrisiarius in Constantinople. He allied with Empress Theodora, who sought his help to establish Monophysitism, and was made pope after the deposition of Silverius. After he refused to sign Emperor Justinian I's edict condemning the Three Chapters, Vigilius was arrested in 545 and taken to Constantinople. He died in Sicily while returning to Rome.

Early life

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