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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)

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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

  1. Catholic Encyclopedia
    https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Pope_St._Leo_II
  2. Encyclopædia Britannica
    https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Leo_(popes)/Leo_II
  3. The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages: 476–752
  4. Monks of Ramsgate. “Leo II”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 November 2014
    https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-leo-ii/
  5. A Dictionary of Christian Biography: Key Figures in the Literature, Sects and Doctrines of the Early Church. Vol III
    https://books.google.com/books?id=lkncMTSob5AC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
  6. Catholic Encyclopedia
    https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Pope_St._Leo_II
  7. Butler, Alban. “Saint Leo II, Pope and Confessor”. Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints, 1866. CatholicSa
    https://catholicsaints.info/butlers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-leo-ii-pope-and-confessor/
  8. Popes Archived 6 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine
    http://www.cfpeople.org/Books/Pope/POPEp80.htm
  9. The deaths of the Popes
    https://archive.org/details/deathsofpopes00wend
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