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Pope Stephen III (or iv) ( Latin: Stephanus III; 720 – 24 January 772) [1] was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 7 August 768 to his death. Stephen was a Benedictine monk who worked in the Lateran Palace during the reign of Pope Zachary. In the midst of a tumultuous contest by rival factions to name a successor to Pope ...
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Pope Stephen III was the head of the Catholic Church and prince of the Papal States during the years of August 7, 768 A.D. through his death in early 772 A.D. A Benedictine monk, Stephen served in the pontificate of Pope Zachary within the Lateran Palace. After the death of Pope Paul I in the brutal papal succession chaos that followed, the ...
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Apr 9, 2024 · Stephen III (or IV) was the pope from August 768 to 772. After the death in 767 of Pope St. Paul I, the papal throne was coveted by temporal rulers. Duke Toto of Nepi caused his brother Constantine (II), a layman, to be elected pope. The Lombard king Desiderius dispatched to Rome troops that killed
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Pope Stephen III (or iv) (Latin: Stephanus III; 720 – 24 January 772) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 7 August 768 to his death. Stephen was a Benedictine monk who worked in the Lateran Palace during the reign of Pope Zachary. In the midst of a tumultuous contest by rival factions to name a successor to Pope Paul I, Stephen was elected with the support of the Roman ...
6 Sylvester III is considered an antipope by those who believe that Benedict IX's forcible removal in 1044 was illegitimate. 7 In the 13th century the papal chancery misread the names of the two popes Marinus as Martin, and, as a result of this error, Simon de Brie in 1281 assumed the name of Pope Martin IV instead of Martin II.
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Stephen (II) III, POPE, unanimously elected in St. Mary Major’s, and consecrated on March 26 (or April 3), 752; d. April 26, 757. He had at once to face the Lombards who were resolved to bring all Italy under their sway. With the capture of Ravenna (751), they had put an end to the power of the Byzantine exarchs and were preparing to seize ...
94th Pope of the Catholic Church Beginning Pontificate: 1,7.VIII.768: End Pontificate: 24.I.772: Birth: Sicily
