![[Pope John VII]](pope0086.jpg "??kb jpg detail of a portait of Pope John VII, artist unknown; please do not write to as about this image")
Reigned from 1 March 705 to 18 October 707.
Born in Greece; died in Rome, Italy.
A learned and eloquent man of a distinguished family, he regained for the papacy the Alpine patrimonies which had been confiscated by the Lombards, and built and restored many churches in Rome.
New Catholic Dictionary
