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Vitalian

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[vi-teyl-yuhn, -tey-lee-uhn] / vɪˈteɪl jən, -ˈteɪ li ən /

noun

  1. died a.d. 672, pope 657–672.


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In the Seventh Century Pope Vitalian recommended an organ for churches with a view to improving the singing of congregations.

From Time Magazine Archive

An archbishop-designate who was sent to Rome for consecration having died there, Pope Vitalian in 668 consecrated Theodore of Tarsus as archbishop of Canterbury.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various

Pope Vitalian went out to meet him as legitimate Roman emperor.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

Anastasius was vexed for several years by the raids of a certain Count Vitalian, who ranged over the Thracian provinces with armies recruited from the barbarians beyond the Danube.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick

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.

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