Pope Silverius

Silverius (* in Frosinone; ? † December 2 537 Ponza ), son of Pope Hormisdas, was from June 536 to 11 November 537 Bishop of Rome. His name means: the end of the forest root (latin ) He was probably, like his father, was born in Frosinone in Lazio or an adjacent location.

His pontificate was short and inherently flawed. In the Roman clergy of the subdeacon met with great reservations. After the death of Agapetus I. favored Theodora, the wife of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, living at the time in Constantinople Opel Vigilius as anti-pope, because she expected that the acceptance of Monophysitism. Theodahad, king of the Ostrogoths, on the other hand, did not want an alliance with Pope Constantine Opel and sat Silverius as pope by before Vigilius arrived in Rome.

That same year, Rome was occupied by the Byzantine general Belisarius and Silverius 537 exiled for treason to Patara in Turkey today. He was replaced by Vigilius entered. Although the Emperor Justinian allowed Silverius soon return to Italy, but Vigilius banished him to the small island of Ponza in the Gulf of Gaeta ( or according to other sources Palmarola ), where he died on December 2, 537. December 2 is also his memorial day.