ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 27th of January WELCOME! SAINT VITALIAN, POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index (He reigned 657-72). His date of birth is unknown; he died January 27, 672. Nothing is known of Vitalian's life before he was raised to the Holy See. According to the "Liber Pontificalis" he was a native of Segni in Campagna, and his father's name was Anastasius. HE WAS CONSECRATED AND ENTHRONED ON JULY 30 After the death of Pope Eugene I , in June, 657, Vitalian was elected his successor, and consecrated and enthroned on July 30. Like his predecessor, Vitalian sought to restore the connection with Constantinople by friendly advances to the Eastern Emperor Constans II and to prepare the way for the settlement of the Monothelite controversy. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS He sent letters (synodica) announcing his elevation by envoys both to the emperor and to Patriarch Peter of Constantinople, who was inclined to Monothelitism. The emperor confirmed...