# Pope Vigilius - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-vigilius
Pontificate: 29 March 537 – 7 June 555
Number in the papal list: 59
Born-Died: c. 497 - 555
Papal era: Ostrogothic Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Vigilius

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

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Silverius](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-silverius)
- Next in list: [Pope Pelagius I](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pelagius-i)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 537 - [Dedication of Hagia Sophia](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/537-dedication-of-hagia-sophia)
- 553 - [Second Council of Constantinople](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/553-second-council-of-constantinople)