3 March 561 A.D. Pelagius 1 Dies—Rome’s 60th; Monophysitism; Empress Theodora; Rome Blockaded by Gothic King Totilla; Condemns Origenism; “Three Chapters” Conflict
3 March 561 A.D. Pelagius 1 Dies—Rome’s 60 th ; Monophysitism; Empress Theodora; Rome Blockaded by Gothic King Totilla; Condemns Origenism; “Three Chapters” Conflict Mann, Horace. "Pope Pelagius I." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11 . New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11602a.htm . Accessed 11 Jul 2014. Pope Pelagius I Date of birth unknown; died 3 March, 561, was a Roman of noble family ; his father , John, seems to have beenvicar of one of the two civil "dioceses", or districts, into which Italy was then divided. We first meet with him at Constantinople, in the company of Agapitus I, who, just before his death in that city, appointed Pelagius apocrisarius or nuncio of the Roman Church (536). When, through the intrigues of the Empress Theodo...