John VII

John VII
John VII
     Catholic_Encyclopedia Pope John VII
    (705-707).
    The year of his birth is unknown; d. 18 October, 707. Few particulars of his life remain. Like many other popes during the period of Byzantine influence in Rome, John was a Greek. Sprung from a distinguished family, he was the son of Blatta and Plato. The latter carried out various restorations in the imperial palace on the Palatine hill in Rome, and, for the sake, perhaps, of living where once his parents had lived, John after he had become pope (March 1, 705) constructed a palace (episcopium) near the church of Sancta Maria Antiqua. Before his elevation, John was the rector of the papal patrimony on the Appian way. It was in that capacity that he erected a memorial "with a broken heart to a most loving and incomparable mother, and to the kindest of fathers" (687). One of the churches which John beautified or restored during his pontificate was the afore-mentioned church of Sancta Maria Antiqua. "He adorned with frescoes the basilica of the Holy Mother of God which is known as the Old", and gave it a new ambo. When the remains of this church were brought to light in 1900, among the many figures found upon its walls, one with a square nimbus is supposed to represent John himself. There was also then discovered the base of his ambo. It bore upon it inscriptions which proclaimed him to be "the servant of Mary". John also erected a chapel to Our Lady in St. Peter's. When this oratory was destroyed, some of his mosaics were preserved, and may be seen in the Roman Church of Sancta Maria in Cosmedin and in other places. Though John was a man of learning and eloquence, and though he was remarkable for his filial affection and piety, he was of a timorous disposition. Hence, when the fierce Emperor Justinian II sent him the decrees of the Quinisext Council, "in which were many articles against the See of Rome", with a request that he would set forth what he approved in them, John simply returned them, as though there were nothing to condemn in them. He received back from the Lombard King Aripert II the papal patrimonies in the Cottian Alps, which the Lombards had confiscated. John is credited with having prevailed upon the Anglo-Saxon clergy resident in Rome to renounce their secular style of dress, and with having written to those in England bidding them follow this example. John died in the palace he had built near the Palatine, and was buried in the oratory he had erected in St. Peter's.
    Liber Pontificalis, I, 385 sqq.; NICEPHORUS AND THEOPHANES, Chron., 696-8; BEDE, De sex ætat., ad an. 708; PAUL THE DEACON, Hist. Lang., VI, 23 (28); RUSHWORTH in Papers of the British School at Rome, I (London, 1902); FEDERICI in Archivio Rom. di stor. pat., XXIII (Borne, 1900), 517 sqq.; MARUCCHI, Le Forum Romain (Paris, 1902), 230 sqq.; MANN, Lives of the Popes in the early Middle Ages, vol. I, pt. 1 (London and St. Louis, 1902), 109 sqq.
    HORACE K
    Transcribed by Vivek Gilbert John Fernandez Dedicated to Pope John VII

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company. . 1910.


Catholic encyclopedia.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • John VII — may refer to:* Pope John VII, Pope from 705 to his death in 707 * Patriarch John VII of Constantinople (died prior to 867), Patriarch from 837 to 943 * John VII Palaiologos (1370–1408), Byzantine Emperor for five months in 1390 * Johann V VII,… …   Wikipedia

  • John VII Palaiologos — or Palaeologus (Greek: Ιωάννης Ζ Παλαιολόγος, Iōannēs VII Palaiologos ) (1370 ndash;22 September, 1408) was Byzantine Emperor for five months in 1390.LifeJohn VII Palaiologos was the son of Emperor Andronikos IV Palaiologos and Keratsa of… …   Wikipedia

  • John VII of Constantinople — John VII Grammatikos or Grammaticus , i.e., the Grammarian (Greek: Ιωάννης Ζ΄ Γραμματικός, Iōannēs VII Grammatikos ), Patriarch of Constantinople from January 21, 837 to March 4, 843, died before 867. He is not to be confused with the much… …   Wikipedia

  • John VII, Pope — • Reigned 705 707 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • John VII, Count of Nassau — Count John VII of Nassau (7 June 1561 ndash; 27 September 1623) was Count of Nassau in Siegen and Freudenberg as John I. He was the second son of Count John VI of Nassau Dillenburg and his wife Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg.Family and childrenHe was… …   Wikipedia

  • John VII Palaiologos —    Emperor (q.v.) briefly in 1390; oldest son of Andronikos IV (q.v.). He seized Constantinople (q.v.) in 1390 as a pawn of Bayezid I (q.v.), overthrowing his grandfather John V (q.v.). Manuel II (q.v.) soon regained control with the aid of the… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium

  • John VII — died A.D. 707, Greek ecclesiastic: pope 705 707. * * * ▪ pope born , Greece? died Oct. 18, 707, Rome [Italy]  pope from 705 to 707.       Elected March 1, 705, John was noted for his devotion to the Virgin Mary and for his energetic restoration… …   Universalium

  • John VII Gilbert — John Gilbert (1693 1761) was Archbishop of York from 1757 to 1761. [M. E. Clayton, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10692 ‘Gilbert, John (1693–1761)’] , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004] Origins and… …   Wikipedia

  • John VII of Harcourt — Jean VII d Harcourt (1369 18 December 1452, Chatellerault) was a count of Aumale, viscount of Châtellerault, seigneur of Mézières, of Elbeuf, of Lillebone, of La Saussaye etc.He was the son of John VI of Harcourt, count of Harcourt, and of… …   Wikipedia

  • John VII Palaeologus — ▪ Byzantine emperor Palaeologus also spelled  Palaiologos  born c. 1370 died September 1408, Thessalonica, Byzantine Empire [modern Thessaloníki, Greece]       Byzantine emperor who reigned for several months in 1390 by seizing control of… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”