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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 .
Pope-elect Stephen was listed as Stephen II until the 1961 edition, when his name was removed. The decisions of the Council of Pisa (1409) were reversed in 1963 in a reinterpretation of the Western Schism , extending Gregory XII 's pontificate to 1415 and classifying rival claimants Alexander V and John XXIII as antipopes.
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]
Pelagius II: circa 580 Pope Paul I (brother) [1] Stephen II: Pope Zachary: Before 750 Future Pope Paul I: Romano Marin [2] Pope Marinus I: Pope Nicholas I: cira 867 Cristoforo (relative) [3] Leo V: Sergius III: circa 904-911 Leone (brother) [3] Pope Leo VI: Pope John XI: circa 931-936 Future Pope Leo VII Pietro Ruffino (nephew) [4] Paschalis II ...
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 majority, and received episcopal ...
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 .
Pope John II (Latin: Ioannes II; c. 475 – 8 May 535), born Mercurius, was the Bishop of Rome from 2 January 533 to his death. As a priest at St. Clement's Basilica, he endowed that church with gifts and commissioned stone carvings for it. Mercurius became the first pope to adopt a new papal name upon his elevation to