Explore 6 historical events from 550–559.
The Byzantine Papacy was a period of Byzantine domination of the Roman Papacy from 537 to 752, when popes required the approval of the Byzantine Emperor for their episcopal consecr…
Pope Pelagius I is consecrated following Imperial approval by Emperor Justinian I
Justinian I, also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565.
Emperor Justinian I approved and consecrated Pope Pelagius I
Marculf was the abbot at Nantus in the Cotentin. He is regarded as a saint and is associated with the healing of scrofula.
Marcouf, missionary and saint
Constantinople was a historical city located on the Bosporus, which served as the capital of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman empires between its consecration in 330 and th…
In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction
Hilary of Galeata is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. His feast day is 15 May.
Hilary of Galeata, Christian monk (born 476)
The Second Council of Constantinople is the fifth of the first seven ecumenical councils recognized by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. It is also recogniz…
The Second Council of Constantinople begins
Constantinople was a historical city located on the Bosporus, which served as the capital of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman empires between its consecration in 330 and th…
In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction
Marculf was the abbot at Nantus in the Cotentin. He is regarded as a saint and is associated with the healing of scrofula.
Marcouf, missionary and saint
Hilary of Galeata is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. His feast day is 15 May.
Hilary of Galeata, Christian monk (born 476)
The Byzantine Papacy was a period of Byzantine domination of the Roman Papacy from 537 to 752, when popes required the approval of the Byzantine Emperor for their episcopal consecr…
Pope Pelagius I is consecrated following Imperial approval by Emperor Justinian I
Justinian I, also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565.
Emperor Justinian I approved and consecrated Pope Pelagius I
The Second Council of Constantinople is the fifth of the first seven ecumenical councils recognized by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. It is also recogniz…
The Second Council of Constantinople begins