85th pope.
Secured the end of Lombard attacks on Italy.
Confirmed Brithwald as archbishop of Canterbury.
Re-installed Saint Wilfrid as bishop of York.
Defended the rights of the Church against the Holy Roman Emperor.
Ransomed many slaves from their captors.
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