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Pope John VII
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| John VII | |
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| Birth name | ??? |
| Papacy began | March 1, 705 |
| Papacy ended | October 18, 707 |
| Predecessor | John VI |
| Successor | Sisinnius |
| Born | ??? Rossano (?) |
| Died | October 18, 707 ??? |
| Other popes named John | |
John VII ( ? - October 18, 707) was pope from 705 to 707. A successor of John VI, he was also of Greek nationality.
The son of one Plato and allegedly born in Rossano, Calabria, John VII had good relations with the Lombards, who then ruled much of Italy. He seems also to have conceded to the request of the Eastern emperor Justinian II to give his sanction to the decrees of the Quinisext or Trullan council of 692.
There are several monuments of John in the Church of St. Maria Antiqua at the foot of the Palatine Hill; others were formerly in the chapel of the Virgin, built by him in the basilica of St. Peter and still visible in the grottoes under the basilica. He also restored the monastery of Subiaco, destroyed by the Lombards in 601.
John VII died in 707 and was buried in St. Peter's. He was succeeded by Sisinnius.
| Preceded by John VI |
Pope 705–707 |
Succeeded by Sisinnius |
- Claudio Rendina, I Papi. Storia e segreti, Newton Compton, Rome, 1984.
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.