Pope Benedict I

Benedict I was pope from June 2, 575 to 579. He succeeded Pope John III, and occupied the Papal chair during the incursions of the Lombards, and during the series of plagues and famines which followed these invasions. Few of the records of transactions outside Rome that help us understand the history of the Papacy survive from Benedict's reign, and perhaps because of the disruption of the Lombards in Italy few ever existed.

Preceded by John III

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Succeeded by Pelagius II

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.