Pope Silverius

Pope

  • Fame62.5
  • Momentum8.2
  • Religious Figures rank#117
Source-basedRising
  • Fame62.5
  • Momentum8.2
  • Religious Figures rank#117
  • Wikipedia5.3K
Lived 477–537, aged 60Italy
  • Wikipedia
    74 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    477–537
    Aged 60
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

A sixth-century pope who held the office for barely a year — elevated by a Gothic king hoping for a friendly voice in Rome, then stripped of his title by a Byzantine general and left to starve on a barren island.

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About

Silverius went from deacon to bishop of Rome on 8 June 536, his promotion engineered by Ostrogothic king Theodahad, nephew to Theodoric the Great, who wanted a pope sympathetic to Gothic interests as war loomed. The timing was no accident: the Gothic War was about to engulf Italy. Within months Byzantine general Belisarius deposed him, put him on trial, and exiled him to Palmarola, a desolate rock in the sea. He died there on 2 December 537, starved, less than eighteen months after his consecration.

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Fame
Rising
62.5
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum8.2
Historical22.2
Now attention45.7
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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Category rank
#117
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