2 May 686 A.D. John V Dies—Rome’s 82nd; As Deacon, Papal Legate to 6th Council; Attempted to Curb Powers of Sardinia’s Bishop; Buried in St. Peter’s
2 May 686 A.D. John V Dies—Rome’s 82nd; As Deacon, Papal Legate to 6th Council; Attempted to Curb Powers of Sardinia’s Bishop; Buried in St. Peter’s
Mann, Horace. "Pope John V." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton
Company, 1910.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08422c.htm. Accessed 18 Jul 2014.
Pope John V
(685-686).
A Syrian whose
father was one Cyriacus; when he was born is not known; d. 2 August, 686. As a deacon he was
one of those who represented the Apostolic See at the
Sixth Oecumenical Council.
He returned to Rome in July,
682, with the official documents of the synod.
He obtained such favour in the eyes of the Emperor Constantine Pogonatus
that the latter lessened the taxes which had been imposed on the papal patrimonies
inSicily and
Calabria, and generally reduced the fiscal burdens from which the Church suffered. John's energy,
learning, and moderation are highly praised by his biographer. It was no doubt the possession of these virtueswhich caused him to
be elected pope in the basilica of St. John Lateran.
The necessity of
waiting for the imperial confirmation of papal
elections having
been abolished by Constantine Pognatus, John was
straightway conducted to the Lateran palace
as pope. He was consecrated about 23
July, 685, and reigned for a little more than a year. From the days of St. Gregory the Great, the Archbishop of Cagliari in Sardinia enjoyed certain metropolitan powers.
Although the right of consecrating the bishops of the
island was not one of his privileges, Citonatus of Cagliari proceeded
to lay hands on the bishop-elect of Turris Libisonis. John,
however, definitively declared the See of Turris directly
subject to the Holy See. John's generosity
showed itself in hisliberal donations.
In his short pontificate he distributed 1900 solidi to the clergy and to
the deaconries for
thepoor. After a long illness, he died on 2 August, 686, and was buried in St. Peter's.
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