RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Severinus

600 - 640

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Pope Severinus (died 2 August 640) was the bishop of Rome elected in October 638. He was caught up in a power struggle with Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, who pressured him to accept Monothelitism. Severinus refused, which for over eighteen months hindered his efforts to obtain imperial recognition of his election. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Severinus has received more than 180,491 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Pope Severinus is the 717th most popular religious figure (down from 613th in 2019), the 912th most popular biography from Italy (down from 744th in 2019) and the 257th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Severinus was the pope from 656-668. He was most famous for being the first pope to resign from the papacy.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Severinus ranks 717 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Hillel the Elder, Lucile Randon, Atiśa, Angelo Sodano, and Ananias of Damascus. After him are Mahapajapati Gotami, Silas, Euphemia, Eli, Philemon, and Ivo of Kermartin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Pope Severinus ranks 19. Before him are Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Muadh ibn Jabal, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Pope Theodore I, Bahram Chobin, and Abu Musa al-Ash'ari. After him are Rayhana bint Zayd, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy, Shahrbaraz, Bayan I, and Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf. Among people deceased in 640, Pope Severinus ranks 3. Before him are Pepin of Landen, and Muadh ibn Jabal. After him are Garibald II of Bavaria, and Eadbald of Kent.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Severinus ranks 912 out of 5,161. Before him are Leonardo Vinci (1690), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), Cola di Rienzo (1313), Michele Placido (1946), Isabella Rossellini (1952), and Angelo Sodano (1927). After him are Theognis of Megara (-570), Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848), Dionysius II of Syracuse (-397), William I of Sicily (1126), Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548), and Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (-300).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Severinus ranks 257. Before him are John of Capistrano (1386), Jacobus da Varagine (1228), Pope Leo V (870), Tarcisio Bertone (1934), Scholastica (480), and Angelo Sodano (1927). After him are Silas (1), Melania the Younger (383), Pope Leo VIII (900), Antipope Anacletus II (1090), Frances of Rome (1384), and Juliana of Nicomedia (285).

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