# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pope-john-ii
# Generated: 2026-09-01T12:44:53.942Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/pope-john-ii"
name: "Pope John II"
slug: "pope-john-ii"
description: "The first pope to change his name. Born Mercurius — a pagan god's name — he took \"John\" when he rose to the office in 533, setting a tradition that would last fifteen centuries."
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image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johannes_II.jpg"
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birthDate: "470"
deathDate: "0535-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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  country:  null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Juan II (papa)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Mercurius was a priest at St. Clement's Basilica, where he paid for gifts and stone carvings, before his elevation on 2 January 533. As pope, he made a choice no predecessor had: he wouldn't keep a name tied to Mercury, the Roman deity. His two-year reign brought harder calls. He stripped Bishop Contumeliosus of Riez of his post, convened a council on letting Arian clergy back in, and endorsed an edict from Emperor Justinian that contradicted the doctrine of the previous pope, Hormisdas. He died on 8 May 535.