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Pope Sergius I attempt. Zacharias nearly lost his own life in an attempt to arrest Sergius. Rather than seizing upon the anti-Byzantine sentiment, Sergius did his best to quell the uprising. Sergius died on 8 September 701. He was succeeded by John VI. Pope Sergius I Pope Sergius I (8 September 701) was Pope from December 15, 687, to his death in 701. He was elected at a time when two rivals, the Archdeacon Paschal and the Archpriest Theodore, were locked in dispute about which of them should become pope. His papacy was dominated by his response to the Quinisext Council, whose canons