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{{Short description|Head of the Catholic Church from 701 to 705}}
:'''''Pope John VI''' can also refer to [[Pope John VI of Alexandria]].''
{{For|the Coptic pope|Pope John VI of Alexandria}}
 
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Pope
| honorific-prefix = [[List of popes|Pope]]
| name = John VI
| title = [[Bishop of Rome]]
|image=John_VI.jpg
| church = [[Catholic Church]]
|image_size=220px
| image =
| birth_name =Ioánnis
| term_start = 30 October 701
| term_end = 11 January 705
|predecessor=[[Pope Sergius I|Sergius I]]
|successor predecessor = [[Pope JohnSergius VIII|JohnSergius VIII]]
| successor = [[Pope John VII|John VII]]
| birth_date = 655
|birth_place=[[Ephesus]], [[Asia Minor]], [[Byzantine Empire]]▼
| birth_place = [[Ephesus]], [[Byzantine Empire]]<br />(modern-day [[Selçuk]], [[İzmir Province|İzmir]], [[Turkey]])
| death_date = 11 January 705 (aged 49{{snd}}50)
|death_place=[[Rome]], [[Byzantine Empire]]
▲|birth_place death_place =[[Ephesus]], [[Asia MinorRome]], [[Byzantine Empire]]
| other = John
}}
 
'''Pope John VI''' ({{lang-la|Ioannes VI}}; 655{{snd}}11 January 705) was the [[Popebishop of Rome]] from 30 October 701 to his death in 705.<ref name="ce">{{CathEncy|wstitle=Pope John VI}}</ref> John VI was a Greek from [[Ephesus]] who reigned during the [[Byzantine Papacy]]. His papacy was noted for military and political breakthroughs on the [[Italian peninsulaPeninsula]]. He was succeeded to the papal chair two months after the death ofby [[Pope SergiusJohn IVII]], and his election occurred after a vacancy of less than seventwo weeksmonths.<ref name="e246">Ekonomou, 2007, p. 246.</ref> He was succeeded by [[Pope John VII]] after a vacancy of less than two months.<ref name="e246"/> The body of the pope iswas buried in [[Old St. Peter's Basilica]].<ref name="newadvent.org">http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08423a.htm</ref>
 
==PapacyGreek papacy==
A Greek from [[Ephesus]], John VI succeeded [[Pope Sergius I|Sergius I]]. His [[papal selection before 1059|selection]] occurred after a [[sede vacante|vacancy]] of less than seven weeks.
During his reign, heJohn assisted the [[Exarch]] [[Theophylactus (exarch)|Theophylactos]], who had been sent to [[Italy]] by the emperor [[TiberiosEmperor III|Tiberius III (II) Apsimar]],<ref>M. Benedik: ''Papeži od Petra do Janeza Pavla II.'', Mohorjeva družba Celje 1989. Page 69.</ref> and prevented him from using violence against the Romans.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=John VI (pope)|display=John VI|volume=15|page=434}}</ref> John VI's interventions prevented Theophylactos from being injured, having come to Rome to "cause trouble for the pontiff".<ref>Ekonomou, 2007, p. 270.</ref>
 
In 704, after being expelled, yet again, from his see, the 70-year-oldelderly SaintBishop [[Wilfrid of York]] was expelled (after several other expulsions) from his episcopal see, he went to [[Rome]] and pleaded his case "before the apostolic Pope John [VI]", three years into the Greek's pontificate.<ref name="e245">Ekonomou, 2007, p. 245.</ref> Wilfrid had visited Rome in 654 and 679 and witnessed the progressive transformation of the Church administration to a Greek-dominated hierarchy. Because of this, John VI convened a synod of Greek-speaking bishops to hear Wilfrid's cause, a linguistic hurdle that much perturbed Wilfrid.<ref name="e245"/> Nonetheless, the synod exonerated Wilfrid, restored him to his see, which he occupied until his death in 709, and sent him back to [[England]] with letters for King [[Æthelred of Mercia]] for papal mandates to be implemented.<ref name="newadvent.orge245"/> John also sent the [[pallium]] to [[Berhtwald]], whom Sergius I had confirmed as [[archbishop of Canterbury]].<ref name="e245newadvent.org"/>▼
Aside from this, he also succeeded in inducing [[Gisulf I of Benevento|Gisulf]], the Lombard [[duke of Benevento]], to withdraw from the territories of the empire, through tactics of persuasion and bribery.<ref name="EB1911"/> According to some sources, he "single-handedly convinced the Lombard duke Gisulf of Benevento to withdraw his forces and return home" after the duke had devastated the neighboring Campanian countryside and constructed an encampment within sight of the city walls of Rome.<ref name="e248">Ekonomou, 2007, p. 248.</ref>▼
 
==Relations with Lombards==
Other significant events during John VI's pontificate include the Lombard king [[Aripert II]] returning the [[Cottian Alps]] to their former status as a papal patrimony.<ref name="e248"/> Numerous construction projects also occurred, including new [[Ambon (liturgy)|ambon]] in the [[Saint Andrew|Basilica of St. Andrew the Apostle]], a new altar cloth for [[San Marco (Rome)|San Marco]], and "suspended diaphonous white veils between the columns on either side of the altar in [[San Paolo (Rome)|San Paolo]].<ref name="e248"/> John VI also promoted easterners within the episcopal hierarchy, including Boniface, the papal counselor.<ref name="e245"/>▼
▲Aside from this, he alsoJohn succeeded in inducing Duke [[Gisulf I of Benevento|Gisulf]], the Lombard [[duke of Benevento]], to withdraw from the territories of the empire, through tactics of persuasion and bribery.<ref name="EB1911"/> According to some sources, he "single-handedly convinced the Lombard duke Gisulf of Benevento to withdraw his forces and return home" after the duke had devastated the neighboring Campanian countryside and constructed an encampment within sight of the city walls of Rome.<ref name="e248">Ekonomou, 2007, p. 248.</ref> Distressed at the sufferings of the people, Pope John sent a number of priests furnished with money into the camp of the Lombard duke to ransom all the captives whom Gisulf had taken.<ref name="newadvent.org">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08423a.htm Mann, Horace. "Pope John VI." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 25 October 2017</ref>
 
▲Other significant events during John VI's pontificate include the Lombard king [[Aripert II]] returning the [[Cottian Alps]] to their former status as a [[papal patrimony]].<ref name="e248"/> Numerous construction projects also occurred, including a new [[Ambon (liturgy)|ambon]] in the [[Saint Andrew|Basilica of St. Andrew the Apostle]], a new altar cloth for [[San Marco (Rome)|San Marco]], and "suspended diaphonous white veils between the columns on either side of the altar in [[San Paolo (Rome)|San Paolo]]."<ref name="e248"/> John VI also promoted easterners within the episcopal hierarchy, including Boniface, the papal counselor.<ref name="e245"/>
▲In 704, after the 70-year-old Saint [[Wilfrid of York]] was expelled (after several other expulsions) from his episcopal see, he went to Rome and pleaded his case "before the apostolic Pope John [VI]", three years into the Greek's pontificate.<ref name="e245">Ekonomou, 2007, p. 245.</ref> Wilfrid had visited Rome in 654 and 679 and witnessed the progressive transformation of the Church administration to a Greek-dominated hierarchy. Because of this, John VI convened a synod of Greek-speaking bishops to hear Wilfrid's cause, a linguistic hurdle that much perturbed Wilfrid.<ref name="e245"/> Nonetheless, the synod exonerated Wilfrid, restored him to his see, which he occupied until his death in 709, and sent him back to [[England]] with letters for King [[Æthelred of Mercia]] for papal mandates to be implemented.<ref name="newadvent.org"/><ref name="e245"/>
 
==Notes==
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==References==
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*[[Ekonomou, Andrew J.]] 2007. ''Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes: Eastern influences on Rome and the papacy from Gregory the Great to Zacharias, A.D. 590–752''. Lexington Books.
 
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