Pope Simplicius

Pope Saint Simplicius
Bishop of Rome
Etching of Pope Simplicius, 1636
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	25 February 468
Papacy ended	2 or 10 March 483
Predecessor	Hilarius
Successor	Felix III
Personal details
Born	between 395 and 433 Tivoli, Western Roman Empire
Died	2 or 10 March 483 Rome, Kingdom of Odoacer
Sainthood
Feast day	10 March
Venerated in	Orthodox, Catholic

Pope Simplicius (died 2 or 10 March 483) was the bishop of Rome from 468 to his death on 10 March 483. He combated the Eutychian heresy, ended the practice of consecrating bishops only in December, and sought to offset the effects of Germanic invasions. His pontificate coincided with the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476, when Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, though it had little impact on the Church's administration of Rome.