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55th Roman Pontiff
Boniface II
BONIFACIVS Secundus
Bonifacius
55th Successor of St Peter · 530–532 · Italy · b. Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy
530
Elected
532
Reign ended
2 years
Length
6th
Century
The Life
Ostrogoth; first Germanic pope. Subject of the (Ostrogothic) Kingdom of Italy. Changed the method of numbering the years in the Julian calendar from Anno Martyrum to Anno Domini.
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