Pope Boniface III

Boniface III became bishop of Rome on 19 February 607. His pontificate lasted through the year, a brief window in which he steered the Church through decisions that would outlive him. By 12 November of the same year, he was dead. The brevity didn't erase the weight: what he set in motion during those months registered as a significant contribution, the kind that gets remembered when most short reigns blur into footnote.