Pope Felix IV
Pope and bishop of Rome from 526 to 530
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The pope installed by an Ostrogoth king after his predecessor died in prison — Felix IV's claim to the throne came not from cardinals but from Theodoric the Great, who needed a pontiff he could control.
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Felix was born around 489 or 490, in a world where Rome's temporal power had long since collapsed and barbarian kings called the shots. When Pope John I died in Theodoric's custody in 526, the Ostrogoth ruler bypassed usual processes and appointed Felix directly on 12 July. For four years Felix governed a church caught between its spiritual authority and the hard realities of Gothic rule. He died on 22 September 530, having served a papacy born from compromise with a throne that was not Peter's.
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