Editing Pope Simplicius (section)

{{Short description|Head of the Catholic Church from 468 to 483}}

{{Infobox Christian leader 
|type=Pope
|honorific-prefix=[[Pope Saint]]
|name=Simplicius
|title = [[Bishop of Rome]]
|church = [[Catholic Church]]
|image =
|term_start=25 February 468
|term_end=2 or 10 March 483
|predecessor=[[Pope Hilarius|Hilarius]]
|successor=[[Felix III]]
|birth_date=
|birth_place=[[Tivoli, Lazio|Tivoli]], [[Western Roman Empire]]
|death_date=2 or 10 March 483
|death_place= [[Rome]], [[Kingdom of Odoacer]]
|feast_day=10 March
|venerated=Orthodox, Catholic
}}
'''Pope Simplicius''' (died 2 or 10 March 483) was the [[bishop of Rome]] from 468 to his on 10 March 483. He combated the [[Eutychian heresy]], ended the practice of consecrating [[Bishop|bishops]] only in December, and sought to offset the effects of [[Germanic invasions]].