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26 April 757 (aged 43) Rome, Papal States. Other popes named Stephen. Pope Stephen II ( Latin: Stephanus II; 714 – 26 April 757) was born a Roman aristocrat and member of the Orsini family. Stephen was the bishop of Rome from 26 March 752 to his death. Stephen II marks the historical delineation between the Byzantine Papacy and the Frankish ...
Mar 26, 2024 · The reign of Stephen II represents the last of the Byzantine Popes and the first of the Frankish Popes. His brother Paul succeeded Pope Stephen II after the pontiff’s death in 757 A.D. Pope Stephen II served the papacy during an era of remarkable and permanently lasting change from years 752 A.D. through 757 A.D. During his reign, he ended.
Apr 22, 2024 · Stephen II (or III) (born, Rome—died April 26, 757, Rome) was the pope from 752 to 757. He severed ties with the Byzantine Empire and thus became the first temporal sovereign of the newly founded Papal States.
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Apr 9, 2024 · Although he was officially recognized by the church in the 16th century as Stephen II, his name was removed from the official list of popes during the pontificate of John XXIII (1958–63). Consequently, his successor, who also took the name Stephen, is called both Stephen II and Stephen III.
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STEPHEN II, POPE Pontificate: March 752, reigned for four days. Stephen, a Roman priest elected to succeed Pope zachary, who died as the Lombard peril neared its crisis in Italy, was installed at the Lateran but died before his episcopal consecration. Since, in the 8th century, consecration was thought to mark the official beginning of a pope's ...
Pope Stephen II. On the death of Zachary, a certain priest Stephen was unanimously elected to succeed him (about 23 March, 752); but on the third day after his election, whilst transacting some domestic affairs, he was struck with apoplexy, and expired on the next day. As he died before his consecration, earlier writers do not appear to have ...
Apr 18, 2019 · Assuming that an unconfirmed pope is a pope, then the shortest serving pope was known as Pope Stephen II who was the pope-elect for two days only between March 24 and March 26, 742. Using the list with only the confirmed popes, then the shortest serving pope was known as Pope Leo XI who served for 11 days between April 1 and April 12, 1605.
