Pope
Pope John VII
Pope from 705 to 707
Pope John VII, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 705–707.
Background
Pope John VII was the bishop of Rome from 1 March 705 to his death on 18 October 707. He was an ethnic Greek, one of the Byzantine popes, but had better relations with the Lombards, who ruled much of Italy, than with Emperor Justinian II, who ruled the rest.
Summary
Pope John VII, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 705–707.
Papacy began
705
Papacy ended
707
