9 April 715 A.D. Constantine Dies—Rome’s 88th; Syrian-Born; Trouble with Independence-Minded Ravenna; Receives 3 Englishmen—Anglo-Saxon Kings Coenred and Offa & Egwin, Bishop of Worcester
9 April 715 A.D. Constantine Dies—Rome’s 88 th ; Syrian-Born; Trouble with Independence-Minded Ravenna; Receives 3 Englishmen—Anglo-Saxon Kings Coenred and Offa & Egwin, Bishop of Worcester; Troubles with Quinisext or Trullan Council of 692; Constantinople Independent to Rome; Clerical Marriage or Celibacy?; Monothelitism & 6 th Council; Pavia Diocese Splits off Independence-Minded Milan To Dependence on Rome Mann, Horace. "Pope Constantine." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4 . New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04294b.htm . Accessed 19 Jul 2014. Pope Constantine Consecrated 25 March, 708; d. 9 April, 715; a Syrian , the son of John, and "a remarkably affable man". The first half of his reign was marked by a cruel famine in Rome , the second by an extraordinary abundance. For some time he had trouble wi...