Editing Pope Simplicius (section)

==Death and aftermath==
He was buried in the Basilica of St. Peter on 2 March 483. Rome was without a pope for six days.<ref>Duchesne, ''Liber Pontificalis'', p. 249. "Hic sepultus est in basilica beati Petri apostoli, vi non. martias. Et cessavit episcopatus dies vi."  Thiel, p. 174 §1. Jaffé, ''Regesta pontificum Romanorum'' I, p. 80. Loomis, p. 107.</ref> Since 1971,<ref>Pennacchio, Maria Cristina (2000). [http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/santo-simplicio_%28Enciclopedia-dei-Papi%29/ "Simplicio, santo"]: "La sua memoria liturgica, indicata dal Martyrologium Romanum al 2 marzo, dal 1971 viene celebrata il 10 marzo."</ref> St. Simplicius's [[feast day]] is celebrated on 10 March in the [[General Roman Calendar]] of the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>''Martyrologium Romanum'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 {{ISBN|88-209-7210-7}}) {{page number needed|date=September 2018}} The date of 10 March is also a calculated one; it begins with a calculated date for the death of Pope Hilarius (29 February), and then adds the ten days of the ''Sede Vacante'' reported in the ''Liber Pontificalis''. See Duchesne, pp. 247-248.</ref><ref name="ce=simplicious"/>