Editing Pope Sergius I (section)

== Early life ==
Sergius I came from an [[Antioch]]ene Syrian family which had settled at [[Palermo|Panormus]] in Sicily. Sergius left Sicily and arrived in Rome during the pontificate of [[Adeodatus II]]. He may have been among the many Sicilian clergy in Rome due to the [[Caliphate]]'s attacks on Sicily in the mid-7th century.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jeffrey Richards|title=The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages: 476–752|year=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317678175|page=270}}</ref> [[Pope Leo II]] ordained him [[cardinal-priest]] of [[Santa Susanna]] on 27 June 683, and he rose through the ranks of the clergy. He remained cardinal-priest of Santa Susanna until he was [[papal selection before 1059|selected]] to become [[pope]].<ref>Horace Mann: ''The lives of the popes.'' Vol. I pt. 2, London 1903, p. 80</ref><ref name=DWB>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CurSh3Sh_KMC&pg=PA824 Frank N Magill, Alison Aves, ''Dictionary of World Biography'' (Routledge 1998] {{ISBN|978-1-57958041-4}}), vol. 2, pp. 823–825</ref><ref name="e223"/>