Pope St. Simplicius
?–483 CE · Tivoli (Tibur)
Simplicius led the Roman church through the final collapse of the Western Empire: during his pontificate the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed (476) and Odoacer assumed control of Italy. With imperial authority gone in the West, Simplicius helped position the papacy as a stabilizing institution. In the East he firmly upheld the Council of Chalcedon against the resurgent Monophysite cause, protesting the deposition of orthodox patriarchs and the rise of Acacius of Constantinople, tensions that would soon erupt into the Acacian schism. He also organized pastoral care among Rome's basilicas. His reign marks a pivot from imperial to ecclesiastical Rome.
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Tivoli (Tibur)
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About Tivoli (Tibur)
Tivoli, ancient Tibur, is a hill town in Lazio about 30 km northeast of Rome. Absorbed by Rome in 338 BCE, it became a favoured resort with many villas, and the ruins of the Emperor Hadrian's villa nearby are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pope Simplicius (468-483) was born there; the town came under papal control from 1001, and Pope Pius II built its fortress, the Rocca Pia, in 1461. The Villa d'Este, begun in 1550 for Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, is also a World Heritage Site, and the Nobel physicist Emilio Segrè was born in Tivoli in 1905.
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