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Before his papacy, he opposed Justinian's efforts to condemn the \"Three Chapters\" in order to reconcile theological factions within the Church, but later adopted Justinian's position.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"505","date":"0505"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170303#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Rome","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170303#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"4 March 561","date":"0561-03-04"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170303#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Rome","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170303#P20"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"diplomat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193391"},{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170303#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (0556–0561)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"0556","end":"0561-03-03"},{"text":"papal apocrisiarius to Constantinople","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7132430"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170303#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pelagius_I","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170303"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pope Pelagius I born?","a":"Pope Pelagius I was born on 505 in Rome."},{"q":"What positions has Pope Pelagius I held?","a":"Positions held by Pope Pelagius I include: Pope (0556–0561); papal apocrisiarius to Constantinople."}],"related":[{"name":"Pope Telesphorus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-telesphorus"},{"name":"Pope Gregory XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Clement VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-vii"},{"name":"Pope Pius I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-i"},{"name":"Pope Boniface I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-boniface-i"},{"name":"Pope Agapetus I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-agapetus-i"},{"name":"Pope Vigilius","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-vigilius"},{"name":"Pope Sabinian","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-sabinian"},{"name":"Pope Boniface III","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-boniface-iii"},{"name":"Pope Theodore I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-theodore-i"},{"name":"Pope Martin I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-martin-i"},{"name":"Pope Gregory I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-pelagius-i-b50d07bd3d.jpg","width":369,"height":402,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pope_Pelagius_I.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Pelagius I","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pelagius_I","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q170303","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170303","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Pope Pelagius I.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pope_Pelagius_I.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pope Pelagius I, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Pope Pelagius I.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Pelagius I\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pelagius-i. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pelagius-i","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pelagius-i","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pelagius-i?lang=ne"}}