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Boniface III, Pope of Rome
VI/VII Centuries
Pope Boniface III, a Roman by birth and a Greek by descent, was a deacon
and papal nuncio before he was elected to the papacy in February, 607. His
service at the court in Constantinople so impressed Emperor Phocas that
the emperor decreed the bishop of Rome was the head of the church. During
his nine months as pope, Boniface convened a council that forbade any
discussion of papal succession until the reigning pope had been dead for
three days.
Karen Rae Keck
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