Pope John III, being a peacemaker and mediator, addressing General Narses after the Romans had made complaint of him to the Emperor Justinian: “I myself shall go to him [Justinian] sooner than you shall leave this land.” (It was through this intercession that General Narses returned peacefully to Rome to complete his governance of the Roman people. Quoted in the Liber Pontificalis, as translated by Dr. Louise Ropes Loomis, Ph.D.. pub. 1916)