Pope John V
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| Papacy began | 23 July 685 |
| Papacy ended | 2 August 686 |
| Predecessor | Benedict II |
| Successor | Conon |
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| Born | 635 Syria, Byzantine Empire |
| Died | 2 August 686 Rome |
Pope John V (Latin: Ioannes V; 635 – 2 August 686) was Pope from consecration 23 July 685 to his death in 686. He was the first pope of the Byzantine Papacy allowed to be consecrated by the Byzantine Emperor without prior consent, and the first in a line of ten consecutive popes of Eastern origin. His papacy was marked by reconciliation between the city of Rome and the Empire.
John was a Syrian by birth, born in the province of Antioch.
On account of his knowledge of Greek, he was named papal legate to the Third Council of Constantinople in 680.
John V was the first pope of the Byzantine Papacy consecrated without the direct approval of the Byzantine Emperor.Constantine IV had done away with the requirement during the reign of Pope Benedict II, John V's predecessor, providing that "the one elected to the Apostolic See may be ordained pontiff from that moment and without delay". In a return to the "ancient practice", John V was selected "by the general population" of Rome. John was elected in July 685. Constantine IV doubtlessly trusted that the population and clergy of Rome had been sufficiently Easternized, and indeed the next ten pontiffs were of Eastern descent.
John V's papacy saw a continuation of improving relations with Byzantium. The Emperor greatly reduced taxes on the papal patrimonies of Sicily and Calabria and abolished other taxes, such as a surtax on grain that had been paid only with difficulty in recent years. A letter from Justinian II assured John V that a "synod of high-ranking civil and ecclesiastical officials", including the apocrisiarius and the Byzantine military, had read and thereafter sealed the text of the Third Council of Constantinople, to prevent any alteration to its canons. The letter was addressed to "John pope of the city of Rome", written while the Emperor believed the pope to still be alive, but received by Pope Conon.
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