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86th Roman Pontiff
John VII
IOANNES Septimus
Ioannes
85th Successor of St Peter · 705–707 · Rome · b. Rossanum, Calabria, Eastern Roman Empire
705
Elected
707
Reign ended
2 years
Length
8th
Century
The Life
(Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Greek ethnicity. Second pope to bear the same name as his immediate predecessor.
Portrait: Byzantinischer Mosaizist um 705 / Wikimedia Commons