Pope Silverius


Silverius
Bishop of Rome
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy began8 June 536
Papacy endedMarch 537
PredecessorAgapetus I
SuccessorVigilius
Personal details
Born
Died(537-12-02)2 December 537
Palmarola, Kingdom of the Ostrogoths
ParentsPope Hormisdas
Sainthood
Feast day20 June
PatronageIsland of Ponza

Pope Silverius (died 2 December 537) was bishop of Rome from 8 June 536 to his deposition in 537, a few months before his death. His rapid rise to prominence from a deacon to the papacy coincided with the efforts of Ostrogothic king Theodahad (nephew to Theodoric the Great), who intended to install a pro-Gothic candidate just before the Gothic War. Later deposed by Byzantine general Belisarius, he was tried and sent to exile on the desolated island of Palmarola, where he starved to death in 537.