Saturday, December 2, 2023

 

Greetings all,

On this day we reflect on the exile of Silverius, the Pope of Rome to the island of Palmarola by General Belisarius on  December 2nd in 537 AD:



He was accused of conspiring with the Goths by Antonia, Belisarius' wife. It is entirely possible that this was the case as the Roman church probably had developed a working relationship with the Goths during their rule of Rome. Antonia likely heard of this through gossip from sources in the church or the Roman aristocracy.

Belisarius exiled Silverius to the Island of Palmarola which was extremely desolate. Silverius died there. He was replaced by Pope Vigilius, appointed from Constantinople, who was the first pope of the Byzantine Papacy.

-Marcus Cassius Julianus
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