Pope Conon
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Pope Conon was the bishop of Rome from 21 October 686 to his death on 21 September 687. He had been put forward as a compromise candidate, there being a conflict between the two factions resident in R
Fresco at the Palazzo Altieri, c. 1661
Mosaic of Saint Sebastian, added to San Pietro in Vincoli c. AD 680, so roughly contemporaneous with Conon's time in Rome.
In Old St. Peter's Basilica, the papal tombs were the final resting places of the popes, most of which dated from the 5th to 16th centuries. The majority of these tombs were destroyed during the 16th
A sketch by Giacomo Grimaldi of the interior of St. Peter's during its reconstruction, showing the temporary placement of some of the tombs
Algardi's Fuga d'Attila, above the altar containing the translated remains of Pope Leo I, "the Great"
The altar above the translated remains of Pope Gregory I, "the Great"
A drawing of the original tomb of Pope Leo III