Pope Boniface II

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Boniface II A Roman of Germanic descent, Pope Boniface II gained infamy for his suggestion that a pope appoint his own successor.

The favorite of Felix III/IV, he was not elected to the papacy immediately after Felix's death in 530.

When Dioscorus died twenty-two days after his election, Boniface was voted into the papal office.

In 531, Boniface called a council to confirm the pope's right to choose his own successor and to confirm Vigilius as his successor.

A second council later that year overruled the previous council's decisions.

When Boniface died in 532, he was buried in St. Peter's; John II succeeded him.

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Death

Boniface and Dioscorus were both consecrated in Rome on 22 September 530, but Dioscurus died only twenty-two days later. Boniface was buried in St. Peter's on 17 October 532.

Biography

Predecessor

Felix IV

On the death of Felix IV, a large majority of the Roman clergy refused to accept Boniface as bishop and proceeded to elect the deacon Dioscorus of Alexandria.

He was by birth an Ostrogoth, the first Germanic pope, and he owed his appointment to the influence of the Gothic king Athalaric. Boniface was chosen by his predecessor, Pope Felix IV, who had been a strong adherent of the Arian king, and was never elected. For a time, Boniface served as pope in competition with Dioscorus, who had been elected by most of the priests of Rome.

Boniface, the first pope of German lineage, was an archdeacon under Pope felix iv, who was determined to avoid contention and schism by designating his successor in the papacy and preferred a cleric who was favorable to the imperial court at Ravenna.

Pope Boniface II

Shortly before his death, Felix summoned the Roman clergy and several Roman senators and conferred the pallium of papal sovereignty on Boniface, proclaiming him his successor as pope.

Boniface changed the numbering of the years in the Julian Calendar from Ab Urbe Condita to Anno Domini.

Boniface II, (born , Rome—died Oct. 17, 532, Rome)

pope from 530 to 532. Of Gothic descent, he was the first Germanic pontiff.

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Some Things About Him(continued)

Boniface convoked three Roman synods: in that of 530 he received the submission of his opponents; in the first of 531 he proposed the right of a pope to select his successor; in the second of 531 he annulled the succession arrangement.

He solemnly approved the conciliar decrees of the second Council of Orange (France) in 529, which condemned Semi-Pelagianism, the heretical belief in the power of man’s innate will to seek God.

Some Things About Him

He was an archdeacon under Pope Felix IV, who designated him as his successor.

Fearing Ostrogothic domination, however, the majority of the Roman clergy elected the deacon Dioscorus of Alexandria.

Both popes were consecrated, and the resulting schism was terminated by Dioscorus’ death (October 14).

Pope

Boniface II

Papacy began 17,September 530

Papacy ended 17,October 532

Predecessor Felix IV

Successor John II

Pope Boniface II

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