Pelagius I, pope of the Catholic Church

Pope Pelagius I

Head of the Catholic Church from 556 to 561

Pope Pelagius I was the bishop of Rome from 556 to his death on 3 March 561. 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. Before his papacy, he opposed…