Pope John V

✶January 1, 635

†August 5, 686

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Pope John V was the bishop of Rome from 23 July 685 to his death on 2 August 686. He was the first pope of the Byzantine Papacy consecrated without prior imperial consent, and the first in a line of ten consecutive popes of Eastern origin. His papacy was marked by reconciliation between the city of Rome and the Empire.

Head of the Catholic Church from 685 to 686

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