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Pope Constantine ((ラテン語:Constantinus); 664 – 9 April 715) was Pope from 25 March 708 to his death in 715. With the exception of Antipope Constantine, he was the only pope to take such a "quintessentially" Eastern name of an emperor.〔 During this period, the regnal name was also used by emperors and patriarchs. Selected as one of the last popes of the Byzantine Papacy, the defining moment of Constantine's pontificate was his 710/711 visit to Constantinople where he compromised with Justinian II on the Trullan canons of the Quinisext Council. Constantine was the last pope to visit Constantinople until Pope Paul VI did in 1967. He was the last non-European Pope until the consecration of Pope Francis in 2013. ==Early life== Constantine was a Syrian by birth, fluent in the Greek language and immersed in Eastern rituals and practices.〔 By his upbringing, he would have been "fully at ease in the oriental milieu of the early-eighth-century Byzantine court".〔 Before his selection as pope, he had visited Constantinople twice. He was one of the Roman legates to the Third Council of Constantinople there in 680/681.〔 He also delivered a combative letter from Pope Leo II to Constantine IV in 682.〔 He met and developed a rapport with Prince Justinian, the heir apparent to the Byzantine throne, on both occasions.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pope Constantine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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