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Constantinus (d. April 9, 715) was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 708 to 715. He was a Syrian by birth and was consecrated pope on March 25, 708. He was eager to assert the supremacy of the papal see. Oct 710-0ct 711 Went to Constantinople at the request of the Emperor, Justinian II. The Emperor wished to resolve the disagreements between the Eastern and Western Churches which had arisen out of the Quinisext Council of 692. The negotiations were conducted by Gregory, the future Pope Gregory II. A degree of compromise was reached. However, shortly after Constantine's return to Rome, Justinian was killed by mutinous troops, in November 711.
The new emperor, Philippicus Bardanes was an adherent of monothelitism rejected the arrangements of the Sixth General Council and demanded Constantine's support of the view that Christ had only one will. Constantine rejected this, and the Emperor's name was excluded from official documents etc. As the exarchIn the Byzantine Empire, an exarch was a proconsul or viceroy who governed a province at some remove from the central authorities, the Emperor and the Patriarch of Constantinople. In the ecclesiastical organization of the Empire of the East, the exarch of (the Imperial representative in Italy) attempted to enforce the Imperial presence there were clashes, but Constantine was able to calm the situation.
Philippus was overthrown in June 713, and his successor, Anastasius IIAnastasius II (died 721), Byzantine emperor, whose original name was Artemius was raised to the throne of Constantinople by the voice of the senate and people in 713, on the deposition of Philippicus, whom he had served in the capacity of secretary. The e communicated to the Pope his support for the Sixth General Council.
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SisinniusSisinnius (died February 4, 708) was Pope for about three weeks in 708. A Syrian by birth, he was consecrated around January 15, 708. He was afflicted with gout and could not even feed himself, but he is said to have had strong character and wanted to do
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Saint Gregory IISaint Gregory II pope from 715 or 716 to February 11, 731, succeeded Pope Constantine, his election being variously dated May 19, 715, and March 21, 716. Having, it is said, bought off the Lombards for thirty pounds of gold, he used the tranquillity thus
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