Pope Benedict II
Pope · Italy · Religious Figures · Lived 635 to 685 · aged 50
Pope Benedict II is read about 72 times a day, in 76 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
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Something wrong?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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About this person
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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