of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo. By topic Religion February 7 – Pope Pelagius II falls victim to the plague that devastated Rome. After an 11-year reign he is succeeded by Gregory I, age 50, as the 64th pope, and the first from a monastic background. Egidius, bishop of Reims, is tried at Metz before a council of bishops for a conspiracy against King Childebert II; he is found guilty and exiled to Strasbourg. Gregory I begins a vigorous program of rebuilding aqueducts and restoring Rome. He feeds the citizens with doles of grain, as under Roman imperial rule. Columbanus, Irish missionary, obtains from King Guntram the Gallo-Roman castle Luxovium (Luxeuil-les-Bains), where he founds the Abbey of Luxeuil. John of Biclaro, Visigoth chronicler, finishes his "Chronicle" before he is appointed bishop of Girona (Catalonia, Spain). Births Benjamin, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (approximate date) Boran, Queen of Persia (d. 632) Braulio, bishop of Zaragoza (d. 651) Cedda, prince of Wessex (approximate date) Dervan, prince of the Sorbs (approximate date) Eanfrith, king of Bernicia (d. 634) Harsha, Indian emperor (d. 647) Jajang, Korean monk (d. 658) Judicaël, high king of Domnonée (approximate) Kavadh II, king of the Sasanian Empire (d. 628) Secundus of Non, Lombard abbot Sichilde, Frankish queen (d. 627) Theodore Rshtuni, Armenian general Deaths February 7 – Pope Pelagius II (b. 520) September 5 – Authari, king of the Lombards Blane, Scottish bishop and saint Eormenric, king of Kent (England) Gisulf I, duke of Friuli (Italy) Guaram I, king of Iberia (Georgia) Hormizd IV, king of the Persian Empire Ermelinde, Brabant Saint (b. 510) References