Adeodatus (II), Pope Saint

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Brief article on this Roman monk, opponent of Monothelitism, d. 676. Called Adeodatus II to distinguish him from his predecessor St. Deusdedit, who is also called Adeodatus

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A monk of the Roman cloister of St. Erasmus on the Coelian Hill. He was active in the perfection of monastic discipline and in the repression of the Monothelite heresy. Little else is known of him. Of his correspondence only the letters for the Abbeys of St. Peter of Canterbury and St. Martin of Tours have been preserved. He is sometimes called Adeodatus II, his predecessor, Deusdedit, being occasionally known as Adeodatus I.

Liber Pont., ed. DUCHESNE, I 346-347; JAFFÉ, Reg. RR. Pont., I 237; MANSI, Coll. Conc., XI, 101.

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APA citation. Shahan, T. (1907). Pope St. Adeodatus. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01142a.htm

MLA citation. Shahan, Thomas. "Pope St. Adeodatus." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. <https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01142a.htm>.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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