# Pope Benedict I - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-benedict-i
Pontificate: 2 June 575 – 30 July 579
Number in the papal list: 62
Born-Died: c. 525 - 579
Papal era: Byzantine Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_I

Subject of the (Ostrogothic) Kingdom of Italy, later a (Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Roman ethnicity.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope John III](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-john-iii)
- Next in list: [Pope Pelagius II](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pelagius-ii)