page_title: Pope Constantine
section_title: Rejection of Monothelitism
hierarchical_section_title: Pope Constantine / Pontificate / Rejection of Monothelitism
context_page_description: Pope Constantine was the bishop of Rome from 25 March 708 to his death. One of the last popes of the Byzantine Papacy, the defining moment of Constantine's pontificate was his 710/711 visit to Constantinople where he compromised with Justinian II on the Trullan canons of the Quinisext Council. Constantine's was the last papal visit to Constantinople until 1967.
context_section_description: Justinian II was killed by his mutinous troops in November 711, shortly after Constantine's return to Rome. The new emperor, Philippikos Bardanes, was an adherent of Monothelitism, and rejected the arrangements of the Third Council of Constantinople. He demanded Constantine's support of the view that Christ had only one will. In 712, Constantine rejected Philippikos' demand to revive Monothelitism. He further refused to receive an imperial portrait or coins with the emperor's image and also refused to commemorate the emperor in Mass. As the exarch attempted to enforce the imperial presence, clashes occurred, but Constantine was able to calm the situation. Philippikos was overthrown in June 713 and his successor, Anastasius II, had Exarch Scholasticus deliver to the pope a letter affirming his support for the Sixth General Council.
  Upon his death in Rome on 9 April 715, Constantine was succeeded by Gregory II.
caption: Constantine refused to accept coins minted with the image of Philippikos Bardanes.
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