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• 3 July
• formerly 28 June

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Pope. Eloquent preacher. Interested in music. Noted for his charity to the poor. Confirmed the Sixth Council of Constantinople in 681 which condemned Monthelitism and censured Pope Honorius I for not doing the same. Secured revocation of the edict of Constans II which proclaimed the bishops of Ravenna, Italy free from the direct jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome.

Born

• Sicilian

Papal Ascension

• elected 10 January 681
• consecrated on 17 August 682

Died

• 28 June 683 in Rome, Italy of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Leo II“. CatholicSaints.Info. 13 January 2022. Web. 23 April 2024. <>