Saint Zacharias (or Zachary), pope (741-752), from a Greek family of Calabria, appears to have been on intimate terms with Gregory III, whom he succeeded (November 741). The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Catholic Church. ... Events June 18 - Constantine V succeeds Leo III as emperor of the Byzantine Empire. ... Events Pope Stephen II, pope for 3 days in March. ... Calabria, formerly Brutium, is a region in southern Italy which occupies the toe of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. ... Saint Gregory III, pope (731-741), a Syrian by birth, succeeded Gregory II in March 731. ...

Zacharias was a wise and subtle diplomat. Finding that his predecessor's alliance with the Lombard Duke of Spoleto was not protecting Papal cities against the Lombard king, Zacharias turned to Liutprand directly. Contemporary history (Liber pontificalis) dwells chiefly on Zacharias' great personal influence with Liutprand, and with his successor Ratchis; it was largely through his tact in dealing with these princes in a variety of emergencies that the exarchate of Ravenna was rescued from becoming a Lombard duchy. The United Nations, with its headquarters in New York City, is the largest international diplomatic organization. ... Lombardy (in Italian Lombardia) is a region in northern Italy between the Alps and the Po Valley. ... Spoleto (Latin: Spoletium), 42°44′ N 12°44′ E, an ancient town in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria, at 385 meters (1391 ft) above sea-level on a foothill of the Apennines. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Scandinavia that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Liutprand, king of the Lombards (reigned (712 – 744) is remembered for his Donation of Sutri, in 728, the historic foundation of the Papal States. ... The Book of the Popes or the Liber Pontificalis is a major source for early medieval history but was also met with intense critical scrutiny. ... In the Byzantine Empire, an exarch was an essentially military viceroy who governed a part of the empire at some remove from the central (oriental) authorities, the Emperor and the Patriarch of Constantinople. ... Ravenna is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, population 134,631 (2001). ...

A correspondence, of considerable extent, and great interest, between Zacharias and Saint Boniface, the apostle of Germany, survives, and shows how great was the influence of this pope on events then passing in France and Germany; he encouraged the deposition of the last Merovingian king of the Franks, Childeric III, and it was with his sanction that Boniface crowned Pepin the Short as king of the Franks at Soissons in 752. Zacharias is stated to have remonstrated with the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos on the part he had taken in the iconoclastic controversy. He died March 14, 752, and was succeeded by Stephen II. For the Roman general of this name, see Bonifacius. ... For other uses of the term Merovingian, see Merovingian (disambiguation). ... Childeric III the Idiot (died about 751), king of the Franks, was the last king of the Merovingian dynasty. ... Pepin III (714 - September 24, 768) more often known as Pepin the Short (French, Pépin le Bref; German, Pippin der Kleine), was a King of the Franks (751 - 768). ... The city of Soissons in the Aisne département, Picardie, France on the Aisne River is about 60 miles northeast of Paris and is one of the most ancient cities of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ... An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos (the Purple-born) (905 – November 9, 959) was the son of Byzantine emperor Leo VI and nephew of Alexander III. He earned his nickname as the legitimate (or more accurately legitimized) son of Leo, as opposed to the others who claimed the throne during his lifetime. ... Illustration of the Beeldenstorm during the Dutch reformation Literally, iconoclasm is the destruction of religious icons and other sacred images or monuments, usually for religious or political motives. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... Stephen II was elected pope in March of 752. ...

The letters and decrees of Zacharias are published in Jacques Paul Migne, Patrolog. lat. lxxxix. p. 917-960. Jacques Paul Migne (25 October 1800 - 25 October 1875) was a French priest who published inexpensive and widely-distributed editions of theological works, encyclopedias and the texts of the Church Fathers. ... The Patrologia Latina is an enormous work published by Jacques-Paul Migne between 1844 and 1855, with indices published between 1862 and 1865. ...

External link

• Catholic Encyclopedia: "Pope st. Zachary"

Saint Gregory III, pope (731-741), a Syrian by birth, succeeded Gregory II in March 731. ... For a graphical representation of this list, see list of popes (graphical). ... Stephen II was elected pope in March of 752. ...

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