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| | Lives of the Saints, June 20, Saint Silverius |
 | | Silverius was son of Pope Hormisdas, who had been married before he entered the ministry. |
 | | In order to implement it, the Pope was accused of corresponding with the enemy, and a forged letter was produced, supposedly written by him to the king of the Goths, inviting him to the city and promising to open the gates to him. |
 | | The enemies of the Pope contrived to prevent this, however, and he was intercepted on his road toward Rome and transported to the deserted island of Palmeria, where he died of hunger a year later, on the 20 |
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