Pope Severinus
Severinus was
pope in the year
640. A Roman and the son of one Abienus, Severinus was elected on the third day after the death of his predecessor, and envoys were at once sent to
Constantinople, to obtain the confirmation of his election in October
638. But the Emperor, instead of granting the confirmation, ordered Severinus to sign his
Ecthesis, a
Monothelite profession of faith. When Severinus refused, he was kept out of the Papal See for almost two years. He died soon afterwards, however.