Vitalian of Rome

Hierarch

Commemorated July 23

Our father among the saints Pope Vitalian of Rome was the Pope of the Church of Rome from 657 to 672. Pope Vitalian succeeded Pope Eugene who had strongly opposed emperor Constans ' Typos that forbade discussion of the monothelite question, an issue that Pope Vitalian down played. He is commemorated on July 23 .

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