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Theodore (Popes)

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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The name of two popes.

Pope from November 642 till May 649, succeeded John IV. He was the son of a bishop, and was born in Jerusalem. A zealous opponent of monothelitism, in the course of the protracted controversy he in a Roman synod excommunicated Pyrrhus,. patriarch of Constantinople, and signed the document with ink mingled with consecrated wine.

Had a pontificate of only twenty days (Nov. - Dec. 897).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Theodore (Popes)'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​t/theodore-popes.html. 1910.
 
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