Pope Sergius I
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| Papacy began | December 15, 687 |
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| Papacy ended | September 8, 701 |
| Predecessor | Conon |
| Successor | John VI |
| Birth name | ??? |
| Born | ??? Palermo, Sicily |
| Died | September 8, 701 ??? |
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| Reference style | His Holiness |
| Spoken style | Your Holiness |
| Religious style | Holy Father |
| Posthumous style | Saint |
Pope Saint Sergius I (died September 8, 701) was Pope from 687–701. He came from an Antiochene Syrian family which had settled at Palermo in Sicily, and owed his election as Pope Conon's successor to skillful intrigues against Paschalis and Theodorus, the other candidates. He was consecrated on December 15, 687.
On April 10, 689, he baptised King Caedwalla of Wessex in Rome. For rejecting certain canons of the Trullan (Quinisext) council of 692, Justinian II ordered his arrest and transportation to Constantinople, but the militia of Ravenna and the Pentapolis forced the imperial protospatharius to abandon the attempt to carry out his orders. Sergius ordained Saint Willibrord as bishop of the Frisians, and the Liber Pontificalis states he also ordained Berhtwald as Archbishop of Canterbury. Sergius died in 701.
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From the 9th edition (1886) of an unnamed encyclopedia.
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| Preceded by Conon |
Pope 687–701 |
Succeeded by John VI |
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