Pope Saint Leo II
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- Memorial
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3 July
formerly 28 June
- Profile
- Pope.
Eloquent preacher.
Interested in music.
Noted for his charity to the poor.
Confirmed the Sixth Council of Constantinople in 681 which condemned Monthelitism and censured Pope Honorius I for not doing the same.
Secured revocation of the edict of Constans II which proclaimed the bishops of Ravenna free from the direct jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome.
- Born
- Sicilian
- Papal Ascension
- 10 January 681;
consecrated on 17 August 682
- Died
- 28 June 683 in Rome, Italy of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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