- In sources prior to the 1960s, this pope is sometimes called Stephen III and Pope-elect Stephen is sometimes called Stephen II. Stephen was a priest of Rome elected Pope in March of 752 to succeed St See Pope-elect Stephen for detailed explanations. Stephen was a priest of Rome elected Pope in March of 752 to succeed St
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| Birth name | ??? |
| Papacy began | March 26, 752 |
| Papacy ended | April 26, 757 |
| Predecessor | Zachary |
| Successor | Paul I |
| Born | ??? ??? |
| Died | April 26, 757 ??? |
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Pope Stephen II (d. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Events By Place Europe Cuthred of Wessex leads a successful rebellion against Aethelbald of Mercia at Battle Edge, Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Events By Place Asia March 9 — A major Earthquake strikes Palestine and Syria. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Events By Place Asia March 9 — A major Earthquake strikes Palestine and Syria. April 26, 757[1]) was a pope of the Roman Catholic Church (752 - 757). Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Events By Place Asia March 9 — A major Earthquake strikes Palestine and Syria. History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Events By Place Europe Cuthred of Wessex leads a successful rebellion against Aethelbald of Mercia at Battle Edge,
The Lombards to the north of Rome had captured Ravenna, former capital of the Byzantine Empire exarchate, in 751, and began to put pressure on Rome. The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Ravenna is a City and Comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. This article is about Byzantine governors and ecclesiastical ranks Events By Place Europe Pepin the Short is elected as king of the Franks by the Frankish nobility marking the end of the Relations were very strained in the mid-8th century between the papacy and the Byzantine emperors of the Isaurian dynasty. The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians Due to the fact that the Byzantine Empire itself was beset by both the Abbasid Caliphate and Bulgars, no help came from Constantinople. The Bulgars (also Bolgars or proto-Bulgarians) were a seminomadic people probably of Turkic descent originally from Central Asia, Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS Stephen turned to Pepin the Younger, the recently crowned King of the Franks, and even traveled to Paris to plead for help in person. Pepin or Pippin (714 &ndash 24 September 768) called the Short, and often known as Pepin the Younger or Pepin III, was The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group On January 6, 754, Stephen re-consecrated Pepin as king. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Events By Place Asia Al-Mansur, the second Abbasid Caliph, starts to rule In return, Pepin assumed the role of ordained protector of the Church and set his sights on the Lombards.
Pepin invaded Italy twice to settle the Lombard problem and delivered the territory between Rome and Ravenna to the papacy, but left the Lombard kings in possession of their kingdom. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Ravenna is a City and Comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
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- ^ Biagia Catanzaro, Francesco Gligora, Breve Storia dei papi, da San Pietro a Paolo VI, Padova 1975, pag. 84
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| Preceded by Zachary |
Pope 752–757 |
Succeeded by Paul I |
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