John VI

John VI (born, Greece?—died Jan. 11, 705, Rome) was the pope from 701 to 705.

John was consecrated on Oct. 3, 701. When the Byzantine commander Theophylactus invaded the Italian mainland from Sicily, John protected him from the local reaction; and when Gisulfo, the Lombard duke of Benevento, crossed the southern frontier of Roman territory, John ransomed captives and bribed him to withdraw. In his only extant letter, John ordered the restoration of the deposed bishop St. Wilfrid of York.