Pope Stephen II information

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...

known as Stephen II, but the Vatican removed him from the official list of popes in 1961. The remaining Stephens are now numbered Pope Stephen II (752–757)...

elected pope but died before his consecration; called Stephen II in sources prior to the 1960s Pope Stephen II (III) (died 757), pope from 752 to 757 Pope Stephen...

pope, Victor II, and was elected abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Montecassino. Stephen was elected to succeed Victor on 2 August 1057. As pope,...

Sylvester II, Pope Stephen IX, Pope Nicholas II, Pope Urban II, Pope Callistus II, Pope Urban IV, Pope Clement IV, Pope Innocent V, Pope Martin IV, Pope Clement...

Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II; Italian: Giovanni Paolo II; Polish: Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa]; 18 May...

brother, Pope Stephen II, in negotiations with the Lombard kings. Paul was a Roman aristocrat and member of the Orsini family. He and his brother Stephen had...

Pope Stephen VIII (Latin: Stephanus VIII; died October 942) was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from 14 July 939 to his death...

Pope Alexander II (1010/1015 – 21 April 1073), born Anselm of Baggio, was the head of the Roman Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1061...

pope under the name Stephen II Pope Stephen II (died 757), his successor, called Stephen III until 1961 Stephen II of Troyes (died 1047) Stephen II of...

Pope Theodore II (Latin: Theodorus II; 840 – December 897) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States for twenty days in December 897. His short...

its list of popes and antipopes, attaches a footnote to its mention of Pope Stephen II: On the death of Zachary the Roman priest Stephen was elected;...

Pope Stephen III (or iv) (Latin: Stephanus III; 720 – 24 January 772) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 7 August 768 to his death...

collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to a beating...

the submission of Rome and a tribute of one gold solidus per capita. Pope Stephen II and a Roman envoy, the silentiary John, tried through negotiations...

Donation of Pepin, which granted the land around Rome to the pope as a fief. In 754 Pope Stephen II had conferred on Charlemagne's father the dignity of Patricius...

were donated to Prüm Abbey by Pepin the Short who received them from Pope Stephen II (752–757). The sandals are the remains of an ornate fabric shoe (slipper)...

a Roman noble called Marinus, Stephen belonged to the same family which also produced the Popes Sergius II and Adrian II. At a young age he was raised...

in the 8th century when Pepin the Short, king of the Franks, gifted Pope Stephen II, as a temporal sovereign, lands formerly held by Arian Lombards, adding...

control over the Papal States, which had been dissolved by 1870, since Pope Stephen II in the Eighth Century. Similarly, many of his policies were oriented...

supporters. Adrian was a member of a noble Roman family, related to Popes Stephen IV and Sergius II. In his youth, he married a woman named Stephania and had a...

Italy and Renaissance Rome. Members of the Orsini family include five popes: Stephen II (752–757), Paul I (757–767), Celestine III (1191–1198), Nicholas III...

Pope Sylvester II (c. 946 – 12 May 1003), originally known as Gerbert of Aurillac, was a scholar and teacher who served as the bishop of Rome and ruled...

Pope Celestine II (Latin: Caelestinus II; died 8 March 1144), born Guido di Castello, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from...

Pope Nicholas II (Latin: Nicholaus II; c. 990/995 – 27 July 1061), otherwise known as Gerard of Burgundy, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler...

death of Zachary, the last culturally Eastern Roman pope, Stephen II (752–757) became the first pope to cross the Alps, in 752, when he appealed in person...

and saint (b. 560) 680 – Mu'awiya I, Umayyad caliph (b. 602) 757 – Pope Stephen II (b. 715) 893 – Chen Jingxuan, general of the Tang Dynasty 962 – Adalbero...

Anointed a first time in 751 in Soissons, Pepin added to his power after Pope Stephen II traveled to Paris to anoint him a second time in a lavish ceremony...

Pope Victor II (c. 1018 – 28 July 1057), born Gebhard of Dollnstein-Hirschberg, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from...