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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 .
Sometimes called Stephen III. The Donation of Pepin. Brother of Paul I. 93 29 May 757 – 28 June 767 (10 years, 30 days) St Paul I PAVLVS: Paulus Rome, Duchy of Rome, Exarchate of Ravenna, Eastern Roman Empire (Eastern) Roman citizen (was of Roman ethnicity), later the sovereign of the independent Papal States. Brother of Stephen II. 94 7 ...
After the death of Pope Stephen II in 757, a faction wanted to place him on the Holy See, but the majority chose the deceased Pope's brother Paul as successor. [1] [2] Theophylact remained in the papal service, in 794 serving as one of Adrian I's legates to the Synod of Frankfurt.
Stephen II's brother and successor was Pope Paul I (757–767). According to the Catholic Encyclopedia: While Paul was with his dying brother at the Lateran, a party of the Romans gathered in the house of Archdeacon Theophylact in order to secure the latter's succession to the papal see. However, immediately after the burial of Stephen (died 26 ...
Pope Paul I (Latin: Paulus I; 700 – 28 June 767) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the emerging Papal States from 29 May 757 to his death. He first served as a Roman deacon and was frequently employed by his brother, Pope Stephen II , in negotiations with the Lombard kings .
Paul I: May 29, 757 – June 28, 767 Brother of Stephen II; "While Paul was with his dying brother at the Lateran, a party of the Romans gathered in the house of Archdeacon Theophylact in order to secure the latter's succession to the papal see. However, immediately after the burial of Stephen (died 26 April, 757), Paul was elected by a large ...
According to the canon law of the time, a pope's pontificate started upon his consecration. [3] Later canon law considered that a man became pope the moment he accepted his election, and Pope-elect Stephen was then anachronistically called Pope Stephen II. [4] His name was removed from the list of popes in the Annuario Pontificio in 1961. [5]
Pope Julius II: Pope Leo X: 1 July 1517 the son of the mother of Julius II's illegitimate daughter, Felice della Rovere: Agostino Spinola (grandnephew) [29] Pope Sixtus IV: Pope Clement VII: 3 May 1527 Alessandro Sforza [30] Pope Paul III: Pope Pius IV: 12 March 1565 Giovanni Aldobrandini (brother) [31] Pope Clement VIII: Pope Pius V: 17 May ...