Name:
Pope John II
Born: Mercurius (Mercury)
Preceded by: Boniface II (530 - 532)
Succeeded by: St. Agapetus I (Agapitus) (535 - 536)
Roman Catholic Pope #56

Dates:
Born: ?
Died: May 8, 535
Pope: January 3, 533- May 8, 535 (2 years)

Biography:
Pope John II seems to have been the first pope since Peter to have undergone a name change - although there is some possibility that earlier popes with Greek names may have changed their names as part of a tradition. When elected he was on good political terms with many different factions, but much of that good will was lost when he bent to the pressure from the Eastern emperor, Justinian I, and issued a decree supporting the Monophysites and contradicting the position taken by his predecessor Pope Hormisdas.

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