Lentorama 2025: Perfunctory Popes

Day 4: Conon

Conon was a seventh century pope, originally from Greece but educated in Sicily and made a priest in Rome (many Sicilian clergy wound up in Rome in this period due to Muslim raids on the island). His election as pope was seen as a compromise between military and clerical factions in Rome, and was likely helped by a large contingent of eastern Christians then resident in Rome.

There's not a lot of historical record for what Conon did during his time in office, though he did receive a group of Irish missionaries lead by Kilian, whom he made bishop. He was also apparently on good terms with the emperor, Justinian II. 

The Catholic Encyclopedia says Conon died of a long illness.