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Pope Gregory III

Head of the Catholic Church from 731 to 741


Pope Gregory III
Pope Gregory III

Pope Gregory III was the bishop of Rome from 11 February 731 to his death on 28 November 741. His pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was disturbed by Byzantine iconoclasm and the advance of the Lombards, in which he invoked the intervention of Charles Martel, although ultimately in vain. He was the last pope to seek the consent of the Byzantine exarch of Ravenna for his election, the last pope of Syriac origin, and the last pope born outside Europe until the election of Pope Francis 1,272 years later in 2013.

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