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 82 nd ; As Deacon, Papal Legate to 6 th 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 in Sicily and Calabria, and ...