__NOTOC__ Year 558 ( DLVIII) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 558 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

* May 7 – In Constantinople, the

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of the Hagia Sophia collapses due to an earthquake. Emperor Justinian I orders the dome to be rebuilt.

Europe

* The Avars and the

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occupy the

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on the Balkans. The threat of Avar domination prompts the Lombards to

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to Italy. * December 13 – King

Chlothar I Chlothar I, sometime called "the Old" ( French: le Vieux), (died December 561) also anglicised as Clotaire, was a king of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty and one of the four sons of Clovis I. Chlothar's father, Clovis I, divided the kin ...

reunites the Frankish Kingdom after his brother Childebert I dies, becoming sole ruler of the Franks. * December 23 –

is crowned

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. * Conall mac Comgaill becomes king of Dál Riata, a Gaelic overkingdom on the western coast of Scotland.

Asia

* Istämi, ruler of the Western Turkic Khaganate, establishes

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relations with the Byzantine Empire.

By topic

Religion

* December 23 – The

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is dedicated by

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. * The Bangor Abbey is founded by the Irish abbot Comgall in Northern Ireland (approximate date).

Births

* Gao Yan, prince of Northern Qi (d.

571 __NOTOC__ Year 571 ( DLXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 571 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar er ...

) * Yu Shinan, calligrapher and official (d. 638)

Deaths

* May 1 – Marcouf, missionary and saint * May 13 –

John the Silent Saint John the Silent (c. January 8, 454 – c. 558), also known as St John the Hesychast (Greek: Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἡσυχαστής), was a Christian saint known for living alone for seventy-six years. He was given the sur ...

, bishop and

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* May 15 –

Hilary of Galeata Saint Hilary of Galeata (Italian: ''Sant'Ilaro'' or ''Sant'Ellero''; 476 – 15 May 558) is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. His feast day is 15 May.December 13 – Childebert I, king of the Franks (year only; does not show date) *

Abraham of Kratia Abraham of Cratia or Krateia ( 474 – 558) was a Christian monk from Emesa (now Homs) Byzantine Syria. He is recognized as a saint in the Christian church, with a feast day of 6 December. He was born at Emesa in Byzantine Syria. The community ...

, Christian monk (approximate date) * Empress Dugu, Northern Zhou consort *

Gabrán mac Domangairt Gabrán mac Domangairt (Old Welsh: ''Gawran map Dinwarch' Annales Cambriae'' B Text) or Gabrán the Traitor (''Gwran Wradouc'') was king of Dál Riata,in the mid-6th century. He is the eponymous ancestor of the Cenél nGabráin. Gabrán was ...

, king of Dál Riata * Jing Di, emperor of the Liang Dynasty (b.

543 __NOTOC__ Year 543 ( DXLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 543 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar er ...

)

References

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