Pope John II

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Pope John II was the head of the Catholic Church and bishop of Rome in the early 6th century, notable as the first pope to adopt a new papal name upon his election.

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Label Occurrences
Pope John II canonical 2

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic bishop ⓘ
human ⓘ
pope ⓘ
adoptedNewNameDueTo pagan connotations of his birth name Mercurius ⓘ
associatedWithCity Rome ⓘ
birthDate circa 470 ⓘ
birthPlace Rome ⓘ
category 6th-century popes ⓘ
Italian popes ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 6th century ⓘ
church Catholic Church ⓘ
clergyType secular clergy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
deathDate 8 May 535 ⓘ
deathPlace Rome ⓘ
endTimeAsPope 8 May 535 ⓘ
era Early Middle Ages ⓘ
feastDay 27 May ⓘ
givenName Mercurius ⓘ
linked to: Mercury (Roman god)
honorificPrefix Pope ⓘ
Saint ⓘ
jurisdiction Catholic Church ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
nativeLanguage Latin ⓘ
notableFor being the first pope to adopt a new papal name upon election ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
papacyEnd 535 ⓘ
papacyStart 533 ⓘ
papalName John II ⓘ
papalNumber 2 ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Pope

Pope ⓘ
predecessor Pope Boniface II ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Lateran Palace ⓘ
linked to: Lateran complex
see Diocese of Rome ⓘ
seeAlso List of popes ⓘ
startTimeAsPope 2 January 533 ⓘ
style His Holiness ⓘ
successor Pope Agapetus I ⓘ
title Servant of the Servants of God ⓘ
Supreme Pontiff ⓘ
linked to: Pope
veneratedIn Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
wasInOfficeDuringReignOf Emperor Justinian I ⓘ
linked to: Justinian I

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Pope Boniface II → successor → Pope John II ⓘ
Pope Agapetus I → predecessor → Pope John II ⓘ