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(Latin: blessed)
Reigned from 575 to 579. Born Rome; died there. He reigned during the famine which followed upon a Lombard invasion of Italy, and died during a siege of Rome.
New Catholic Dictionary
Reigned from 575 to 579. Born Rome; died there. He reigned during the famine which followed upon a Lombard invasion of Italy, and died during a siege of Rome.New Catholic Dictionary
