# Pope Pelagius II - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pelagius-ii
Pontificate: 26 November 579 – 7 February 590
Number in the papal list: 63
Born-Died: c. 520 - 590
Papal era: Byzantine Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pelagius_II

Romanized Ostrogoth. Subject of the (Ostrogothic) Kingdom of Italy, later a (Eastern) Roman citizen.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Benedict I](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-benedict-i)
- Next in list: [Pope Gregory I "the Great"](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-gregory-i-the-great)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 589 - [Third Council of Toledo](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/589-third-council-of-toledo)
- 590 - [Gregory the Great becomes pope](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/590-gregory-the-great-becomes-pope)
- 590 - [Columbanus in Gaul](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/590-columbanus-in-gaul)