Vitalian
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In the Seventh Century Pope Vitalian recommended an organ for churches with a view to improving the singing of congregations.
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Pope Eugenius had not acknowledged either of the patriarchs Paulus or Peter by writing to them, but Vitalian sent his nuntios to Constans to announce his accession to the papacy by his synodical letter.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
Vitalian, Pope, elected in 657, 229; receives as sovereign of Rome the emperor Constans II.,
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
These furious but transient seditions were encouraged by the success of Vitalian, who, with an army of Huns and Bulgarians, for the most part idolaters, declared himself the champion of the Catholic faith.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 by Milman, Henry Hart
Pope Vitalian had done him service in his struggle with the usurper, and made use of his favourable sentiments to proceed with more decision against the Monothelites.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
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