Pope Silverius, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pope Silverius

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Place of Birth: Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 22-Jun-0537

Profession: Catholic priest, cleric

Pope Silverius (died 2 December 537) ruled the Holy See from 8 June 536 to his deposition in 537, a few months before his death.
His rapid rise to prominence from a deacon to the papacy coincided the efforts of Ostrogothic king Theodahad (nephew to Theodoric the Great), who intended to install a pro-Gothic candidate just before the Gothic War.
Later deposed by Byzantine general Belisarius, he was tried and sent to exile on the desolated island of Palmarola, where he starved to death in 537.