Chinese poet (d. 676) Xue Ne, Chinese general and chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 720) Deaths March – John Climacus, Syrian monk and writer (b. c.579) May 2 – Marutha of Tikrit, Persian theologian and Maphrian of the Syriac Orthodox Church (b. 565) May 14 – Pope Theodore I, Jerusalem-born Greek pontiff July 2 – Li Jing, Chinese general and chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 571) July 6 – Goar of Aquitaine, Catholic priest and hermit (b. c.585) July 10 – Taizong, Chinese Tang dynasty emperor (b. 598) December 3 – Birinus, French-born Bishop of Dorchester in Wessex (b. c.600) Rogallach mac Uatach, Irish king of Connacht (murdered) Soga no Kurayamada, Japanese udaijin Songtsen Gampo, founder of the Tibetan Empire References Sources