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The Holy See Pontiffs Stephen II [ AR - DE - EN ... Stephen II 92nd Pope of the Catholic Church Beginning Pontificate: 26.III.752: End Pontificate:
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 ...
Pope Stephen. There have been nine popes of the Roman Catholic Church named Stephen . Pope Stephen I (died 257), Bishop of Rome from 254 to 257. Pope-elect Stephen (died 752), elected pope but died before his consecration; called Stephen II in sources prior to the 1960s. Pope Stephen II (III) (died 757), pope from 752 to 757.
Pope Innocent III ( Latin: Innocentius III; 22 February 1161 – 16 July 1216), [1] born Lotario dei Conti di Segni (anglicized as Lothar of Segni ), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 until his death on 16 July 1216. Pope Innocent was one of the most powerful and influential of the medieval popes.
Pope Stephen VIII (Latin: Stephanus VIII; died October 942) was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from 14 July 939 to his death. His pontificate occurred during the Saeculum obscurum, when the power of popes was diminished by the ambitious counts of Tusculum, and was marked by the conflict between his patron, Alberic II of Spoleto, and King Hugh of Italy.
Apr 9, 2024 · Stephen IX (or X) was the pope from August 1057 to March 1058, one of the key pontiffs to begin the Gregorian Reform. The brother of Duke Godfrey of Lorraine, he studied at Liège, where he became archdeacon. Under his cousin Pope Leo IX he became a prime papal adviser and a member of the inner.
Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Pope Stephen (II) III. sister projects: Wikidata item. From volume 14 of the work. Unanimously elected in St. Mary Major's and consecrated on 26 March (or 3 April), 752; d. 26 April, 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 ...
