Boniface IV
pope
b. c. 550 · d. 8 May 615
67th Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 28 Sep 608–8 May 615
Offices
- Bishop of Rome (Pope) № 67 · 28 Sep 608 – 8 May 615
Pope Boniface IV was the bishop of Rome from 608 to his death on 8 May 615. He was a member of the Benedictine order. Boniface had served as a deacon under Pope Gregory I, and like his mentor, he ran the Lateran Palace as a monastery. As pope, he encouraged monasticism. With imperial permission, he converted the Pantheon into a church. In 610, he conferred with Bishop Mellitus of London regarding the needs of the English Church. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church with a universal feast day on 8 May.
Related people
- Boniface III succeeded · traditional
- Adeodatus I preceded · traditional
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How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Liber Pontificalis 1 claim — Liber Pontificalis, the life of Boniface IV