Deusdedit, Saint
pope
also called Deusdedit I, or Adeodatus I
born , Rome 【Italy】
died Nov. 8, 618, Rome; feast day November 8
pope from 615 to 618. His pontificate is chiefly noteworthy for an unsuccessful resumption of the Byzantine war against the Lombards in Italy and for a reversal of the policy of popes Gregory I and Boniface IV, who favoured monks over the secular clergy. Deusdetit, instead, proved partial to the diocesan, or secular, clergy.