Pope Severinus was pope in the year 640 who became caught up in a power struggle with the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius over the ongoing Monothelite controversy.
Read more about Pope Severinus: Election and Struggle With Constantinople, Election Confirmed, Actions As Pope and Death
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“A little learning is a dang’rous thing;
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There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)