He came from an Antiochene Syrian family which had settled at Palermo in Sicily, and owed his election as Pope Conon's successor to skillful intrigues against Paschalis and Theodorus, the other candidates.
He came from an Antiochene Syrian family which had settled at Palermo in Sicily. Sergius I owed his election as Pope Conon's successor to skillful intrigues against Paschalis and Theodorus, the other candidates.