Pope Leo II
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Pope Leo II (c. 01 January 611 – 28 June 683) was the Bishop of Rome from 17 August 682 to his death on 28 June 683. One of the popes of the Byzantine Papacy, he is described by a contemporary biographer as both just and learned. He is commemorated as a saint in the Roman Martyrology.
Infobox
Church
Catholic Church
Papacy began
16 April 682
Papacy ended
28 June 683
Predecessor
Agatho
Successor
Benedict II
Created cardinal
5 December 680by Agatho
Born
1 January 611Sicily, Byzantine Empire
Died
28 June 683 (aged 72)Rome, Byzantine Empire
Parents
Paul
Feast day
28 June (3 July, pre-1970 calendar)
Tables
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Preceded byAgatho
Preceded byAgatho
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byAgatho
Catholic Church titles
Pope 682–683
Catholic Church titles
Succeeded byBenedict II
| Catholic Church titles | ||
| Preceded byAgatho | Pope 682–683 | Succeeded byBenedict II |
References
- Catholic Encyclopediahttps://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Pope_St._Leo_II
- Encyclopædia Britannicahttps://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Leo_(popes)/Leo_II
- The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages: 476–752
- Monks of Ramsgate. “Leo II”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 November 2014https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-leo-ii/
- A Dictionary of Christian Biography: Key Figures in the Literature, Sects and Doctrines of the Early Church. Vol IIIhttps://books.google.com/books?id=lkncMTSob5AC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
- Catholic Encyclopediahttps://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Pope_St._Leo_II
- Butler, Alban. “Saint Leo II, Pope and Confessor”. Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints, 1866. CatholicSahttps://catholicsaints.info/butlers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-leo-ii-pope-and-confessor/
- Popes Archived 6 February 2006 at the Wayback Machinehttp://www.cfpeople.org/Books/Pope/POPEp80.htm
- The deaths of the Popeshttps://archive.org/details/deathsofpopes00wend