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Sergius I

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Also known as Pope Sergius I, Pope Sergius, Sergius

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Sergius I was a Pope of the Roman Catholic Church who served during the late 7th century and is remembered for his efforts to maintain church authority during a period of political turbulence in Rome. He matters historically because his papacy marked important developments in the Church's relationship with political powers and its internal governance during the early medieval period.

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1876
Died
1924
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Pope Sergius I (c. 650 – 8 September 701) was the bishop of Rome from 15 December 687 to his death on 8 September 701, and is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected at a time when two rivals, Paschal and Theodore, were locked in a dispute about which of them should become pope. His papacy was dominated by his response to the Quinisext Council, the canons of which he steadfastly refused to accept. Thereupon Emperor Justinian II ordered Sergius' arrest, but the Roman people and the Italian militia of the exarch of Ravenna refused to allow the exarch to bring Sergius to Constantinople.

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