POPE
Pope Conon
Pope, Bishop of Rome
Pope Conon, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 686–687.
background
Pope Conon was the bishop of Rome from 21 October 686 to his death on 21 September 687. He had been put forward as a compromise candidate, there being a conflict between the two factions resident in Rome — the military and the clerical. He consecrated the Irish missionary St Kilian and commissioned him to preach in Franconia.
summary
Pope Conon, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 686–687.
papacy Start
686
papacy End
687

