RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Pelagius I

505 - 561

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Pope Pelagius 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 as the candidate of Emperor Justinian I, a designation not well received in the Western Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Pelagius I has received more than 148,560 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Pope Pelagius I is the 196th most popular religious figure (up from 226th in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Italy (up from 261st in 2019) and the 81st most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Pelagius I was the pope from 579-590 AD. He is most famous for the Pelagian Controversy. The Pelagian Controversy was a theological dispute about the nature of humanity and the process of salvation. The controversy was between Pelagius and Saint Augustine of Hippo.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Pelagius I ranks 196 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Clement XIII, Pope Clement VI, Agnes of Rome, Pope Eugene IV, Pope Marcellus II, and Saint Roch. After him are Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Pope Benedict XII, Pope Clement X, Pope Benedict XI, Pope Benedict VIII, and Elizabeth of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 505, Pope Pelagius I ranks 2. Before him is Belisarius. After him are Varāhamihira, Jacob Baradaeus, Germanus, and Hesychius of Miletus. Among people deceased in 561, Pope Pelagius I ranks 1. After him is Chlothar I.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Pelagius I ranks 225 out of 5,161. Before him are Suetonius (70), Agnes of Rome (291), Otho (32), Pope Eugene IV (1383), Pope Marcellus II (1501), and Giuseppe Mazzini (1805). After him are Piero della Francesca (1415), Pope Clement X (1590), Pope Benedict XI (1240), Pope Benedict VIII (980), Luchino Visconti (1906), and Pope Boniface I (370).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Pelagius I ranks 81. Before him are Pope Benedict XIV (1675), Pope Martin V (1369), Pope Clement XIII (1693), Agnes of Rome (291), Pope Eugene IV (1383), and Pope Marcellus II (1501). After him are Pope Clement X (1590), Pope Benedict XI (1240), Pope Benedict VIII (980), Pope Boniface I (370), Pope Celestine III (1106), and Pope Innocent IX (1519).

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