Pelagius I, Pope (556 - 561 March 3), came from a Roman noble family. His father, John, seems to have been vicar of one of the two civil "dioceses", or districts, into which Italy was then divided. Pelagius accompanied Pope Agapitus I to Constantinople, and was appointed by him nuncio of the Roman Church to that city.

When Pope Vigilius went to Constantinople on the orders of Emperor Justinian I, Pelagius stayed in Rome as the pope's representative. Totila, King of the Goths, had begun to blockade the city. Pelagius poured out his own fortune for the benefit of the famine-stricken people, and tried to induce the king to grant a truce. Though he failed, he afterwards induced Totila to spare the lives of the people when he captured

Traditionally he is credited with the building of the Basilica dei Santi Apostoli in Rome, ordered to celebrate the complete victory of Narses over the Ostrogoths.

Pelagius was elected Pope as Justinian's candidate. While before his ordination he opposed Justinian's efforts to achieve a compromise between the various Christian factions under one Church in the form of the "Three Chapters", afterwards Pelagius adopted Justinian's position. This damaged the papacy's reputation in northern Italy, Gaul, and elsewhere in Western Europe, and his successors over the next 50 years spent much effort undoing the damage.

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