Pape Gregory III
Pape Gregory III (Laitin: Gregorius III; died 28 November 741) wis Bishop o Roum frae 11 Februar 731 tae his daith in 741.[2] His pontificate, lik that o his predecessor, wis disturbed bi the iconoclastic controversy in the Byzantine Empire, an bi the ongangin advance o the Lombards, in which he invoked the intervention o Charles Martel, awtho ultimately in vain. He wis the 5t Sirian pape an the 10t an last pape born ootside o Europe till the election o Pape Francis in 2013, which wis 1,272 year later.
| Pape Saunt Gregory III | |
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| Installed | 11 February 731 |
| Term endit | 28 November 741 |
| Predecessor | Gregory II |
| Successor | Zachary |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Gregorius |
| Born | ca. 669 Sirie[1] |
| Deed | 28 November 741 Roum, Exarchate o Ravenna |
| Ither papes named Gregory | |
References
eedit- ↑ Houghton Mifflin Company (2003). The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Biography. p. 642. ISBN 9780618252107.
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Horace K. Mann (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |HIDE_PARAMETER=(help)
