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JOHN VII

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 435 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN VII ., See also:pope from 705 to 707, successor of John VI., was also of See also:Greek See also:nationality. He seems to have acceded to the See also:request of the See also:emperor Justinian II. that he should give his See also:sanction to the decrees of the Quinisext or Trullan See also:council of 692. There are several monuments of John in the See also:church of St Maria Antiqua at the See also:foot of the See also:Palatine See also:hill; others were See also:great victory on the See also:banks of the Garigliano. The defeat and See also:death of Berengar through the See also:combination of the See also:Italian princes, again frustrated the hopes of a See also:united See also:Italy, and after witnessing several years of anarchy and confusion John perished through the intrigues of Marozia, daughter of See also:Theodora. His successor was See also:Leo VI.

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