# Pope Pelagius I

> A papal tenure born from imperial favor nobody wanted. Pelagius I took the throne in 556 as Justinian's handpicked man — then reversed his own theological stance to match the emperor's, cementing a papacy defined by compromise and cold reception.

*Pope*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-pelagius-i

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 505
- **Died:** 0561-03-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Pelagius served as apocrisiarius to Constantinople before his election on 16 April 556, a choice imposed by Emperor Justinian I that the Western Church met with suspicion. He had publicly opposed Justinian's campaign to condemn the "Three Chapters," a theological maneuver meant to bridge doctrinal divides, but shifted course once in office and adopted the emperor's line. The contradiction shadowed his five-year reign. He died 3 March 561, a pope who had bent where he once stood firm.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 61.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.4 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 12.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #161

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Writer / Author, #Literature, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170303)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pelagius_I)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20Pelagius%20I)
- [بلاجيوس الأول](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84)
- [القديس بيلاجيوس الاول](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84)
- [Pelagio I](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagio_I)
- [Пэлягіюс I (папа рымскі)](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%8E%D1%81_I_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96))
- [Пелагій I](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%B9_I)
- [Пелагий I](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9_I)
- [Pelagius Iañ](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagius_Ia%C3%B1)
- [Pelagi I](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagi_I)
- [Gáu-huòng Pelagius 1-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Pelagius_1-si%C3%A9)
- [Pelagio I](https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagio_I)
- [Pelagius I.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagius_I.)
- [Pave Pelagius 1.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Pelagius_1.)
- [Pelagius I.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagius_I.)
- [Pelagius I](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagius_I)
- [Πάπας Πελάγιος Α΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%84)
- [Pelagio la 1-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagio_la_1-a)
- [Pelagio I](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagio_I)
- [Pelagius I](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagius_I)
- [Pelagio I.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagio_I.a)
- [پاپ پلاژیوس یکم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%98%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%85)
- [Pelagius I](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagius_I)
- [Pélage Ier](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9lage_Ier)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pope_Pelagius_I)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Papa_Pelagio_I)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5_I)
- [Pous Pelagius I](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Pelagius_I)
- [Pelagius I.](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagius_I.)

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