Editing Pope Adeodatus I

{{Short description|Head of the Catholic Church from 615 to 618}}
{{Infobox Christian leader 
|type=Pope
|honorific-prefix=  [[List of popes|Pope]] [[List of canonised popes|Saint]]
|name=Adeodatus I
|title = [[Bishop of Rome]]
|church = [[Catholic Church]]
|image = SCeau Deusdedit pape 17108.jpg
|caption= [[Seal (document)|Seal]] of Adeodatus; he was the first pope to use [[lead]] seals. This design features the [[Alpha and Omega]], the [[Good Shepherd]] and the text {{smallcaps|deusdedit pape}}.<ref>''The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church''. (1913:760). United States: Encyclopedia Press.</ref>
|term_start=19 October 615
|term_end=8 November 618
|predecessor=[[Pope Boniface IV|Boniface IV]]
|successor=[[Pope Boniface V|Boniface V]]
|cardinal=15 October 590
|created_cardinal_by=[[Pope Gregory I|Gregory I]]
|birth_date=
|birth_place= [[Rome]], [[Roman Italy|Italy]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]]
|death_date=8 November 618
|other=Adeodatus
|death_place= [[Rome]], [[Exarchate of Italy|Italy]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]]
}}

'''Pope Adeodatus I''' (570 – 8 November 618), also called '''Deodatus I''' or '''Deusdedit''', was the [[bishop of Rome]] from 19 October 615 to his death. He was the first priest to be elected pope since [[Pope John II|John II]] in 533. The first use of lead seals or ''[[bulla (seal)|bullae]]'' on papal documents is attributed to him. His feast day is 8 November.

==Biography==
Adeodatus was born in [[Rome]], the son of a [[subdeacon]] named Stephanus or Stephen. He served as a [[priest]] for 40 years before his election and was the first priest to be [[papal selection before 1059|elected pope]] since [[Pope John II|John II]] in 533.<ref name="Attwater">{{cite book|first=Aubrey|last=Attwater|title=A Dictionary of Popes: From Peter to Pius XII|page=66|isbn=0199295816|year=1939|publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref>

==Pontificate==
Almost nothing is known about Adeodatus I's pontificate.<ref name="Attwater"/> It represents the second wave of opposition to [[Gregory the Great]]'s papal reforms, the first being the pontificate of [[Pope Sabinian|Sabinian]]. He reversed the practice of his predecessor, [[Boniface IV]], of filling the papal administrative ranks with monks by recalling the clergy to such positions and by ordaining some 14 priests, the first ordinations in Rome since Gregory's pontificate.<ref>Jeffrey Richards, ''The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages'' (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979), p. 262</ref><ref name="Attwater"/> According to tradition, Adeodatus was the first pope to use lead seals (''bullae'') on papal documents, which in time came to be called "[[papal bull]]s".<ref>[http://catholicsaints.info/new-catholic-dictionary-pope-saint-adeodatus-i/ “Pope Saint Adeodatus I”. ''New Catholic Dictionary''. CatholicSaints.Info. 27 July 2012]</ref> One ''bulla'' dating from his reign is still preserved, the obverse of which represents the Good Shepherd in the midst of His sheep, with the letters Alpha and Omega underneath, while the reverse bears the inscription: Deusdedit Papæ.<ref name="ce"/>

In August 618, an earthquake struck Rome, followed by an outbreak of [[scabies]]. Adeodatus died 8 November 618, and was eventually succeeded by [[Boniface V]].<ref name="Attwater"/> His [[feast day]] is 8 November.<ref name="ce">{{Cite CE1913|wstitle=Pope St. Deusdedit}}</ref> He is also a saint in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] as one of the pre-[[East-West Schism|Schism]] "Orthodox Popes of Rome".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/ortpopes.htm|title=The Holy Orthodox Popes of Rome|last=Philips|first=Fr Andrew|website=orthodoxengland.org.uk|access-date=2018-03-17}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Christianity|History}}
* [[List of popes]]
* [[List of Catholic saints]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{CE1913 poster|Pope St. Deusdedit|Pope Adeodatus I}}

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