![[Pope Boniface II]](pope0055.jpg "14kb jpg portrait of Pope Boniface II; please do not write to ask about the image")
Reigned from 530 to 532.
Born c.450; died Rome.
He was of Germanic ancestry.
While archdeacon, he was nominated as next pope by Felix IV, who feared a schism.
After Felix died, the Roman clergy elected Dioscorus.
Both were consecrated but the schism ended in 22 days with the latter's death.
During his pontificate the Semi-pelagian controversy was ended by the Second Council of Orange.
New Catholic Dictionary
