Pope Leo II (c. 01 January 611 – 28 June 683) was the Bishop of Rome from 17 August 682 to his death on 28 June 683. One of the popes of the Byzantine Papacy, he is described by a contemporary biographer as both just and learned. He is commemorated as a saint in the Roman Martyrology.
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Pope Leo II in the context of List of extant papal tombs
A pope is the Bishop of Rome and the leader of the Catholic Church. Approximately 100 papal tombs are at least partially extant, representing fewer than half of the 266 deceased popes, from Saint Peter to Pope Francis.
For the first few centuries in particular, little is known of the popes and their tombs, and available information is often contradictory. As with other religious relics, multiple sites claim to house the same tomb. Furthermore, many papal tombs that recycled sarcophagi and other materials from earlier tombs were later recycled for their valuable materials or combined with other monuments. For example, the tomb of Pope Leo I was combined with Leos II, III, and IV circa 855, and then removed in the seventeenth century and placed under his own altar, below Alessandro Algardi's relief, Fuga d'Attila. The style of papal tombs has evolved considerably throughout history, tracking trends in the development of church monuments. Notable papal tombs have been commissioned from sculptors such as Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Pope Leo II in the context of Pope Leo
Pope Leo is the name of fourteen heads of the Catholic Church:
- Pope Leo I (the Great; saint; 440–461)
- Pope Leo II (saint; 682–683)
- Pope Leo III (saint; 795–816)
- Pope Leo IV (saint; 847–855)
- Pope Leo V (903)
- Pope Leo VI (928–929)
- Pope Leo VII (936–939)
- Pope Leo VIII (964–965)
- Pope Leo IX (saint; 1049–1054)
- Pope Leo X (1513–1521)
- Pope Leo XI (1605)
- Pope Leo XII (1823–1829)
- Pope Leo XIII (1878–1903)
- Pope Leo XIV (2025–present)