Pope Sergius I


Sergius I
Bishop of Rome
The Dream of Pope Sergius from the 1430s Saint Hubert Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden and his studio
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy began15 December 687
Papacy ended8 September 701
PredecessorConon
SuccessorJohn VI
Previous post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna (683–687)
Orders
Created cardinal27 June 683
by Leo II
Personal details
Bornc. 650
Panormus, Sicily, Byzantine Empire
Died(701-09-08)8 September 701 (aged around 51)
Rome, Byzantine Empire
Other popes named Sergius

Pope Sergius I (c. 650 – 8 September 701) was the bishop of Rome from 15 December 687 to his death, and is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected at a time when two rivals, Paschal and Theodore, were locked in a dispute about which of them should become pope. His papacy was dominated by his response to the Quinisext Council, the canons of which he steadfastly refused to accept. Thereupon Emperor Justinian II ordered Sergius' arrest, but the Roman people and the Italian militia of the exarch of Ravenna refused to allow the exarch to bring Sergius to Constantinople.