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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 Papacy.
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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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Stephen II was a Roman aristocrat and deacon when the church in Rome chose him to succeed Pope Zachary on March 26, 752 A.D. (after a Pope-elect Stephen died without being confirmed in the office of the papacy).
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.
STEPHEN II (III), POPE Pontificate, March 26, 752 to April 26, 757. Stephen II was a descendant of Roman nobility who prior to his election to the papacy entered the clerical ranks and served in the papal administration.
Pope Stephen II. Stephen II, POPE.—On the death of Zachary, a certain priest Stephen was unanimously elected to succeed him (about March 23, 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.
92nd Pope of the Catholic Church.
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