| Gregory II | |
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| Birth name | ??? |
| Papacy began | May 19, 715 |
| Papacy ended | February 11, 731 |
| Predecessor | Constantine |
| Successor | Gregory III |
| Born | ??? Rome, Italy |
| Died | February 11 731 Rome, Italy. Location of tomb has since been lost. |
| Other popes named Gregory | |
| Styles of Pope Gregory II |
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| Reference style | His Holiness |
| Spoken style | Your Holiness |
| Religious style | Holy Father |
| Posthumous style | Saint |
Pope Gregory II was from the Roman family of Savelli, and served as pope from May 19, 715 to his death on February 11, 731, succeeding Pope Constantine. Having, it is said, bought off the Lombards for thirty pounds of gold, he used the tranquillity thus obtained for vigorous missionary efforts among the Germanic tribes, and for strengthening the papal authority in the churches of Briton and Ireland aka Hibernia. By excommunicating the Byzantine emperor Leo III the Isaurian, he prepared the way for a long series of revolts and civil wars, which tended greatly to the establishment of the temporal power of the popes. He died in 731, and subsequently attained the honour of canonization. The day that Gregory is remembered in the "Martyrology" seems to be any one of February 11th, February 13th, and February 28th.
References
"Pope St. Gregory II" in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.
| Catholic Church titles | ||
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| Preceded by Constantine |
Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Peter (deprecated A.D. 495), Vicar of Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles Supreme Pontiff (Pontifex Maximus) Patriarch of the West (deprecated 2006), Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province Servant of the Servants of God Pope 715–731 |
Succeeded by Gregory III |
from the 9th edition (1880) of an unnamed encyclopedia
