Pope Benedict I
Benedict I,
pope (
575-
579), succeeded
Pope John III, and occupied the Papal chair during the incursions of the
Lombards, and during the series of
plagues and famines which followed these invasions. Few of the records of transactions outside
Rome that help us understand the history of the
Papacy survive from Benedict's reign, and perhaps because of the disruption of the Lombards in
Italy few ever existed.
text from 9th edition 1880s encyclopedia - update as needed.