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Сергий (Theologian and patriarch of Moscow and the Russian Orthodox church who, by his leadership in rallying the church membership in a united effort with the Soviet government to repel the German invasion of 1941, obtained substantial advantages for the church in the postwar period); Сергий I (Pope from 687 to 701, one of the most important 7th-century pontiffs); Папа Римский; Сергий II Мануилит (Patriarch of Constantinople, 1001-19, who claimed the title of "ecumenical patriarch" against the objections of the papacy); Сергий III (Pope from 904 to 911, during a scandalous period of pontifical history); Сергий IV (Pope from 1009 to 1012. Powerless in the hands of the Roman nobles and the patrician Crescentius II, he was particularly noted for his aid to the poor and for granting privileges to several monasteries); Сергий II (Pope from 844 to 847. His pontificate was dominated by his brother, Bishop Benedict of Albano, to whom, partly because of his severe gout, he delegated most of the papal business); Патриарх Константинопольский |
