Pope Sisinnius

Sisinnius, POPE, date of birth unknown; d. February 4, 708. Successor of John VII, he was consecrated probably January 15, 708, and died after a brief pontificate of about three weeks; he was buried in St. Peter’s. He was a Syrian by birth and the son of one John. Although he was so afflicted with gout that he was unable even to feed himself, he is nevertheless said to have been a man of strong character, and to have been able to take thought for the good of the city. He gave orders to prepare lime to repair the walls of Rome, and before he died consecrated a bishop for Corsica.

HORACE K. MANN