Pope Sergius I

Pope Saint Sergius I
Bishop of Rome
The Dream of Pope Sergius from the 1430s Saint Hubert Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden and his studio
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	15 December 687
Papacy ended	8 September 701
Predecessor	Conon
Successor	John VI
Orders
Created cardinal	27 June 683 by Leo II
Personal details
Born	c. 650 Panormus, Sicily, Byzantine Empire
Died	(701-09-08)8 September 701 (aged around 51) Rome, Byzantine Empire
Previous post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna (683–687)
Other popes named Sergius

Pope Sergius I (c. 650 – 8 September 701) was the bishop of Rome from 15 December 687 to his death, and is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected at a time when two rivals, Paschal and Theodore, were locked in a dispute about which of them should become pope. His papacy was dominated by his response to the Quinisext Council, the canons of which he steadfastly refused to accept. Thereupon Emperor Justinian II ordered Sergius' arrest, but the Roman people and the Italian militia of the exarch of Ravenna refused to allow the exarch to bring Sergius to Constantinople.