Pope Conon (c. 630 – 21 September 687) was Pope from 21 October 686 until his death in Rome. He had been put forward as a compromise candidate, there being a conflict between the two factions resident in Rome—military and clerical. On his death, Conon was buried in the Patriarchal Basilica of St. Peter.
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“Not Angles, but angels.
[Non Angli sed Angeli.]”
—Gregory the Great, Pope (c. 540604)