Boniface II

Boniface II, a Goth, succeeded Felix IV on Oct. 15, 530, though it is said that his rival, Dioscorus, was as well entitled to the see as he. The deacon Vigilius was bishop, in fact, from his great influence. Boniface died Nov. 8, 532. He is the first bishop of Rome whose name does not occur in the Roman Martyrologium.