1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Constantinus

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17436621911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 7 — Constantinus

CONSTANTINUS, pope from 708 to 715, was a Syrian by birth and was consecrated pope in March 708. He was eager to assert the supremacy of the papal see; at the command of the emperor Justinian II. he visited Constantinople; and he died on the 9th of April 715.