Pope Eugene I

Bishop of Rome
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	10 August 654
Papacy ended	2 June 657
Predecessor	Martin I
Successor	Vitalian
Personal details
Born	Rome, Byzantine Empire
Died	(657-06-02)2 June 657 (aged 42) Rome, Byzantine Empire
Sainthood
Feast day	2 June
Other popes named Eugene

Pope Eugene I (

bishop of Rome from 10 August 654 to his death. He was chosen to become Pope after the deposition and banishment of Martin I by Emperor Constans II over the dispute about Monothelitism

Unusual election

Eugene was a Roman from the Aventine, son of Rufinianus. He was brought up in the Church's ministry, and was already an elderly priest when a dispute flared up between the

exarch of Ravenna. On 10 August 654, Eugene was appointed the new pope. Martin, though disappointed, seems to have acceded.^{[citation needed]} The imperial government believed that Eugene would be cooperative and ratified his election.^[1]

Pontificate

As pope, Eugene consecrated twenty-one bishops for different parts of the world and received the youthful Wilfrid on the occasion of his first visit to Rome (c. 654).^[2]

Eugene I showed greater deference than his predecessor to the emperor's wishes and made no public stand against the

St. Mary Major in 656, they not only rejected the letter with indignation, but would not allow the pope to leave the basilica until he had promised that he would not on any account accept it.^[2]

The imperial officials were furious at this harsh rejection of the wishes of the emperor and patriarch.[2] Constans threatened to dispose of Eugene just as he had disposed of Martin,^[1] but was preoccupied by defending the empire from the Muslim conquests.^[2]

Death and legacy

Eugene I died on 2 June 657,

Diocese of Santa Rosa in California

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Attwater 1939, p. 72.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Mann 1909.
^ Chisholm 1911.
^ Attwater 1939, pp. 72–73.

Bibliography

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Eugenius". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Mann, Horace Kinder (1909). "Pope St. Eugene I". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Attwater, Aubrey (1939). "A Dictionary of Popes: From Peter to Pius XII". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)</ref>

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