Pope Benedict II

Pope

  • Fame63.2
  • Momentum15.0
  • Religious Figures rank#104
Source-basedStable
  • Fame63.2
  • Momentum15.0
  • Religious Figures rank#104
  • Wikipedia2.6K
Lived 635–685, aged 50Italy
  • Wikipedia
    76 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    635–685
    Aged 50
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

A seventh-century bishop of Rome whose papacy lasted less than a year, leaving almost no trace beyond the dates of his tenure and a feast day still marked eleven centuries later.

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Benedict II became bishop of Rome on 26 June 684, stepping into a role that had by then consolidated significant religious authority across the Christian West. His papacy unfolded quietly through the summer and autumn, then through winter and into the following spring. On 8 May 685, less than eleven months after his election, he died. The Church assigned his feast day to 7 May, the day before his death, where it remains in the liturgical calendar—a slim memorial to a brief tenure.

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63.2
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Momentum15.0
Historical23.4
Now attention22.9
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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#104
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