Pope Benedict I

Benedict I. ( † 30 July 579 ) was dated June 2, 575 until his death Patriarch in Rome, and thus pope. His name means the blessed one (latin ).

His pontificate occurred in the period of the invasion of the Lombards, which resulted in disease and hunger shook the devastated countries.

Few of the writings of that time are preserved, so that hardly anything is known about Benedict I.. Before he took office was for over ten months Sedisvakanz.