Pope Sergius I
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna (683–687) | |
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Other popes named Sergius |
Pope Sergius I (c. 650 – 8 September 701) was the
Early life
Sergius I came from an
Election
Pope Conon died on 21 September 687 after a long illness and a reign of less than a year. His archdeacon, Paschal, had already attempted to secure the papacy by bribing the exarch of Ravenna, John II Platyn. A more numerous faction wanted the archpriest Theodore to become pope. The two factions entered into armed combat, each in possession of part of the Lateran Palace, which was the papal residence. To break the deadlock, a group of civic authorities, army officers, clergy, and other citizens met in the Palatine imperial palace, elected Sergius, and then stormed the Lateran, forcing the two rival candidates to accept Sergius.[3][5]
Though pretending to accept Sergius, Paschal sent messengers to Platyn, promising a large sum of gold in exchange for military support.
Papacy
On 10 April 689, Sergius baptised King
Sergius I did not attend the
Many of the regulations that the Quinisext Council enacted were aimed at making uniform the existing church practices regarding ritual observance and clerical discipline. Being held under Byzantine auspices, with an exclusively Eastern clergy, the council regarded the customs of the Church of Constantinople as the orthodox practice.
Enraged, Emperor
Death
Sergius died on 8 September 701. He was succeeded by John VI.[17]
Notes
- ISBN 9781317678175.
- ^ Horace Mann: The lives of the popes. Vol. I pt. 2, London 1903, p. 80
- ^ ISBN 978-1-57958041-4), vol. 2, pp. 823–825
- ^ a b c d e Ekonomou, 2007, p. 223.
- ^ a b c d Ekonomou, 2007, p. 216.
- ^ Ekonomou, 2007, p. 217.
- ^ Ekonomou, 2007, p. 210.
- ISBN 978-0-81321679-9), p. 79
- ^ Hartmann (2012), p. 82
- ^ a b c d Ekonomou, 2007, p. 222.
- ^ Davis, Leo Donald, The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325–787), (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1990) p. 194
- ISBN 978-0-8135-0599-2.
- ^ Ekonomou, 2007, p. 250.
- ^ a b Ekonomou, 2007, p. 224.
- ^ Ekonomou, 2007, p. 44.
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
References
- Ekonomou, Andrew J. 2007. Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes: Eastern influences on Rome and the papacy from Gregory the Great to Zacharias, A.D. 590–752. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0739119778