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Silverius, Pope Saint
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13793a.htmSon of Pope St. Hormisdas. Named pope while yet a subdeacon, to thwart the Monophysites. Exiled through a forgery of his political and religious enemies, died of starvation in prison, probably in 537.
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