Liber Pontificalis — John III

The Liber Pontificalis — the Book of the Popes — contains short biographies of the early popes of Rome. Compilation of the Liber Pontificalis started in the mid-500s.

The entry for John (Iohannes, Giovanni) III, who was pontiff from 561 to his death in 574, is the earliest known source for the story that the Byzantine general Narses invited the Lombards to invade and take possession of Italy, due to a spat with the emperor Justin II and empress Sophia.

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