Pope Leo II

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Pope Leo II was a 7th-century head of the Catholic Church known for confirming the Third Council of Constantinople and for his efforts to clarify and defend orthodox Christological doctrine.

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Label Occurrences
Pope Leo II canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic bishop ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthName Leo ⓘ
burialPlace Basilica of Saint Peter ⓘ
canonizationStatus saint ⓘ
church Catholic Church ⓘ
confirmed Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 611 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 683-07-03 ⓘ
deathCause natural causes ⓘ
era 7th century ⓘ
feastDay July 3 ⓘ
honorificPrefix Pope ⓘ
Saint ⓘ
knownFor clarifying Christological doctrine on the wills of Christ ⓘ
condemning Monothelitism ⓘ
condemning Pope Honorius I for negligence regarding heresy ⓘ
confirming the Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ
emphasizing that Christ has two wills and two operations ⓘ
languageSpoken Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
notableAction issued letters explaining the council’s condemnation of Monothelitism ⓘ
promulgated the acts of the Third Council of Constantinople in the West ⓘ
reformed church chant and liturgical singing in Rome ⓘ
papacyEnd 683-07-03 ⓘ
papacyStart 682-08-17 ⓘ
participatedIn reception of the Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ
patronage music ⓘ
placeOfBirth Byzantine Sicily ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
placeOfDeath Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Pope

Supreme Pontiff ⓘ
linked to: Pope

head of the Catholic Church ⓘ
predecessor Pope Agatho ⓘ
regionOfActivity Italy ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
successor Pope Benedict II ⓘ
title Patriarch of the West ⓘ
Pope of the Catholic Church ⓘ
veneratedIn Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Constantinople III → approvedBy → Pope Leo II ⓘ
Pope Agatho → successor → Pope Leo II ⓘ