ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 7th of June VIGILIUS, POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Vigilius reigned from 537 to 555. Hisdate of birth is unknown. He died at Syracuse, June 7, 555. He belonged to a distinguished Roman family; his father Johannes is called consul in the Liber pontificalis, having received that title from the emperor. Reparatus, a brother of Vigilius, was a senator. Vigilius entered the service of the Roman Church and was a deacon in 531, in which year the Roman clergy agreed to a Decree empowering the pope to determine the succession to the Papal See. Vigilius was chosen by Boniface II as his successor, and presented to the clergy assembled in St Peter's. The opposition to such a procedure led Boniface in the following year to withdraw his designation of a successor and to burn the Decree respecting it. The second successor of Boniface, Agapetus I (535-36), appointed Vigilius papal representative (Apocrisiary) at Constantin...