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Pope John VII


John VII
Bishop of Rome
Byzantine Mosaic of John VII, c. 705
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy began1 March 705
Papacy ended18 October 707
PredecessorJohn VI
SuccessorSisinnius
Personal details
Born650
Died(707-10-18)18 October 707 (aged 56 – 57)
Other popes named John

Pope John VII (Latin: Ioannes VII; c. 650 – 18 October 707) was the bishop of Rome from 1 March 705 to his death. He was an ethnic Greek, one of the Byzantine popes, but had better relations with the Lombards, who ruled much of Italy, than with Emperor Justinian II, who ruled the rest.


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