Pope Sisinnius (died February 4, 708) was the eighty-seventh Pope and remained in office for about three weeks in 708.
A Syrian by birth, Sisinnius's father's name was John. The paucity of donations to the papacy during his reign (42 pounds of gold and 310 pounds of silver, a fraction of a the personal donations of other contemporary pontiffs) indicate that he was probably not from the aristocracy.
Sisinnius was selected as pope during the Byzant...
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Pope Sisinnius (died February 4, 708) was the eighty-seventh Pope and remained in office for about three weeks in 708.
A Syrian by birth, Sisinnius's father's name was John. The paucity of donations to the papacy during his reign (42 pounds of gold and 310 pounds of silver, a fraction of a the personal donations of other contemporary pontiffs) indicate that he was probably not from the aristocracy.
Sisinnius was selected as pope during the Byzantine Papacy. He succeeded Pope John VII after a sede vacante of three months. He was consecrated around January 15, 708.
Sisinnius remained pope for twenty days. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, "although he was so afflicted with gout that he was unable even to feed himself, he is nevertheless said to have been a man of strong character, and to have been able to take thought for the good of the city". Among his few acts as pope was the consecration of a bishop for Corsica. He also ordered "that lime be burned in order to restore portions...
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