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August 2, 2019

Saint Justinian II Rhinotmetos, the Pious Emperor of the Romans (+ 711)

St. Justinian II the Pious Emperor (Feast Day - August 2)

Verses

Your scepter was not seen as a hindrance O master,
For you dwell in the kingdom above.

Justinian II was the eldest son of Emperor Constantine IV and Anastasia. His father raised him to the throne as joint emperor in 681 on the fall of his uncles Heraclius and Tiberius. In 685, at the age of sixteen, Justinian II succeeded his father as sole emperor. Though at times undermined by his own despotic tendencies, Justinian was a talented and perceptive ruler who succeeded in improving the standing of the Roman Empire.

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