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John II, Pope of Rome
VI Century
Born Mercurius, John II was the first pope to change his name. Feeling
that his birth name was too pagan, Mercurius named himself after John I
when he was elected to the see of Rome in 533. John excommunicated the
Acoemeti, a group of Nestorian monks in Rome; his correspondence with
Justinian about the matter in included in the Code of Justinian. The pope
also corresponded with Caesarius of Arles about a bishop accused of
wrong-doing. John died in 535 and is buried at St. Peter's.
Karen Rae Keck
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