Editing Pope Constantine (section)

==Upbringing==
Constantine was born in [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] in the [[Umayyad Caliphate]] (now in [[Lebanon]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aleteia.org/2021/09/18/the-five-syrian-popes/ |title=The five Syrian popes |publisher=Aleteia.org |date= 18 September 2021|accessdate=2022-04-19}}</ref> and he was of [[Greeks|Greek]] descent.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Spyropoulos |first=Evangelos |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzkjAQAAIAAJ&q=Pope+Constantine+greek+descent |title=Two Nations on Wheels: Greeks and Poles at the Crossroads: a Millennial History |date=2008 |publisher=East European Monographs |isbn=978-0-88033-618-5 |pages=603 |language=en |quote=Pope Constantine, of Greek descent, stayed for several months in Byzantium.}}</ref> Fluent in the [[Greek language]], he immersed in Eastern rituals and practices.<ref name="e271"/> By his upbringing, he would have been "fully at ease in the oriental milieu of the early-eighth<!-- corrected from "eight" per [[Wikipedia:Quotations]] "trivial spelling or typographical errors that obviously do not affect the intended meaning; these may be silently corrected" -->-century Byzantine court".<ref name="e271"/> Except for [[Antipope Constantine]], he was the only pope to bear such a "quintessentially" Eastern name of an emperor.<ref name="e270"/>

Before his [[papal selection before 1059|selection as pope]], he had visited [[Constantinople]] twice.<ref name="e271">{{Harvnb|Ekonomou|2007|p=271}}</ref> He was one of the [[papal legates]] to the [[Third Council of Constantinople]] in 680/681.<ref name="e271"/> He also delivered a combative letter from [[Pope Leo II]] to [[Emperor Constantine IV]] in 682.<ref name="e271"/> He met and developed a rapport with Constantine IV's son [[Justinian II]] on both occasions.<ref name="e271"/>