Editing Pope Leo II (section)

==Papacy==
[[Pope Agatho]] died on 10 January 681, and although Leo was [[papal selection before 1059|elected]] within days, he was not [[episcopal consecration|consecrated]] until 17 August 682.<ref name="ce"/> The reason may have been due to Agatho's negotiations with Emperor [[Constantine IV]] regarding [[Byzantine Papacy|imperial control of papal elections]]. Constantine IV had already promised Agatho to abolish or reduce the tax that the Popes had been paying to the imperial treasury at the time of their consecration, an imperial policy that had been in force for about a century.<ref name=catholic/>

Leo's short-lived pontificate did not allow him to accomplish much. Notably, he confirmed the acts of the [[Sixth Ecumenical Council]] (680–681) against [[Monothelitism]]. After Leo had notified the emperor that the decrees of the council had been confirmed, he made them known to the people of the West. In letters written to the [[Visigothic king]], bishops, and nobles, he explained what the council had effected, and he called upon the bishops to subscribe to its decrees.<ref name=catholic/> During this council, [[Pope Honorius I]] was [[anathema]]tized for tolerating Monothelism. Leo took great pains to make it clear that in condemning Honorius, he did so not because Honorius taught heresy, but because he was not active enough in opposing it.<ref>[https://catholicsaints.info/butlers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-leo-ii-pope-and-confessor/ Butler, Alban. “Saint Leo II, Pope and Confessor”. Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints, 1866. CatholicSaints.Info. 26 June 2013]</ref> In accordance with the papal mandate, a synod was held at Toledo (684) in which the [[Third Council of Constantinople]] was accepted.<ref name=catholic>{{catholic|wstitle=Pope St. Leo II |first=Horace Kinder |last=Mann |volume=9|inline=1}}</ref>

Leo put an end to the attempts of [[Archbishops of Ravenna]] to break from the control of the Bishop of Rome, but also abolished the tax it had been customary for them to pay when they received the [[pallium]].<ref name="popes">[http://www.cfpeople.org/Books/Pope/POPEp80.htm Popes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206113041/http://www.cfpeople.org/Books/Pope/POPEp80.htm |date=6 February 2006 }}</ref> In apparent response to [[Lombards|Lombard]] raids, Leo transferred the relics of some martyrs from the [[Catacombs of Rome|catacombs]] to churches inside the city walls. He dedicated two churches, St. Paul's and Sts. Sebastian and George.<ref name="popes"/> Leo also reformed [[Gregorian chant|Gregorian Chant]] and composed several sacred hymns for the [[Liturgy of the Hours|Divine Office]].