Servant of the servants of God

"Servant of the servants of God" (Latin: servus servorum Dei) is one of the titles of the Pope and is used at the beginning of papal bulls. == History == Pope Gregory I (pope from 590 to 604), the first Pope to use this title extensively to refer to himself, deployed it as a lesson in humility for the archbishop of Constantinople John the Faster (in office 582–595), who had been granted the traditional title "Ecumenical Patriarch" by a Council convened in Constantinople in 587.

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Servant of the servants of God

"Servant of the servants of God" (Latin: servus servorum Dei) is one of the titles of the Pope and is used at the beginning of papal bulls. == History == Pope Gregory I (pope from 590 to 604), the first Pope to use this title extensively to refer to himself, deployed it as a lesson in humility for the archbishop of Constantinople John the Faster (in office 582–595), who had been granted the traditional title "Ecumenical Patriarch" by a Council convened in Constantinople in 587.

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