Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Popes & papal documents Popes

John VI, Pope

GIOVANNI VI, PAPA

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Also known as: Latin: Ioannes VI, Johannes VI

JOHN VI, Pope. - He succeeded Sergius I and was consecrated on 30 Oct. 701. A Greek by origin, with him Greek influence continued in the Roman Curia, but he also attended to the interests of Italy, which by then found its only support in the papacy; thus J. VI interceded on behalf of the Italic militias that had rebelled against the exarch Theophylact; he halted the Lombard duke of Benevento, Gisulf I, 5 miles from Rome and with rich gifts persuaded him to turn back and cease terrorizing the populations. He also dealt with the affairs of England by having a Roman synod examine the accusations of the king of Northumberland against Bishop Wilfrid of York (703-704), a defender of the rights of the Church in England, to whom justice was done.

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BIBL.: v. GIOVANNI IV; in addition, for the English affair, F. Cabrol, L'Amleterre chrétienne, Paris 1909, pp. 130-31.

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By Paolo Brezzi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), coll. 581–582.

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Brezzi, Paolo. “Giovanni VI, papa.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, coll. 581–582. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-vi-papa.

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Brezzi, Paolo. “Giovanni VI, papa.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 581–582. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-vi-papa.

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  author    = {Brezzi, Paolo},
  title     = {Giovanni VI, papa},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {581--582},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-vi-papa}
}

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