Pope John VI


John VI
Bishop of Rome
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy began30 October 701
Papacy ended11 January 705
PredecessorSergius I
SuccessorJohn VII
Personal details
Born655
Died11 January 705 (aged 49 – 50)
Rome, Byzantine Empire
Other popes named John

Pope John VI (Latin: Ioannes VI; 655 – 11 January 705) was the bishop of Rome from 30 October 701 to his death. John VI was a Greek from Ephesus who reigned during the Byzantine Papacy. His papacy was noted for military and political breakthroughs on the Italian Peninsula. He was succeeded by Pope John VII after a vacancy of less than two months.[1] The body of the pope was buried in Old St. Peter's Basilica.

  1. ^ Ekonomou, 2007, p. 246.

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