in the style of the sixth century, is found on several marble slabs that enclose the schola cantorum.

Pontificate

Mercurius was elected pope on 2 January 533, apparently the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy, perhaps because he had been named after a pagan god.

The notoriously adulterous behavior of Bishop Contumeliosus of Riez caused John to order

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