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Severinus, Pope

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

(Latin: severus, austere, stern)

Born in Rome, Italy; died there in 640. He was elected 638, but was unable to secure the imperial confirmation for over a year because he refused to sign the Ecthesis of Emperor Heraclius. As pope he condemned the Ecthesis. He renewed the mosaics in the apse of Saint Peter's.

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Entry for 'Severinus, Pope'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​s/severinus-pope.html. 1910.