"Pope Zacharias" redirects here. For the Coptic Orthodox pope, see Pope Zacharias of Alexandria.
Pope Saint
Zachary
Bishop of Rome
Contemporary Byzantine fresco in Santa Maria Antiqua
Church
Church of Rome
Papacy began
3 December or 5 December 741
Papacy ended
March 752
Predecessor
Gregory III
Successor
Stephen II
Orders
Consecration
4 or 6 December 741
Created cardinal
12 April 732 by Gregory III
Personal details
Born
679
Santa Severina, Calabria, Eastern Roman Empire
Died
15 March 752(752-03-15) (aged 72–73) Rome, Kingdom of the Lombards
Sainthood
Feast day
15 March
Venerated in
Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Pope Zachary (Latin: Zacharias; 679 – March 752) was the bishop of Rome from 28 November 741[1] to his death. He was the last pope of the Byzantine Papacy. Zachary built the original church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, forbade the traffic of slaves in Rome, negotiated peace with the Lombards, and sanctioned Pepin the Short's usurpation of the Frankish throne from Childeric III. Zachary is regarded as a capable administrator and a skillful and subtle diplomat in a dangerous time.
^Cormenin, Louis-Marie de Lahaye vicomte de (1851). A Complete History of the Popes of Rome, from Saint Peter, the First Bishop, to Pius the Ninth, the Present Pope. J. & J. L. Gihon. p. 185. ...the priest Zachary, a Greek by descent, who was ordained sovereign pontiff on the 28th of November, 741.
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monastery and had himself proclaimed King of the Franks with the support of PopeZachary in 751. Not all members of the Carolingian family supported the decision...
Lombard advance, Gregory III died on 28 November 741. He was succeeded by PopeZachary. He was buried in St. Peter's Basilica, in the oratory he had built at...
Orsini family, was selected on 26 March 752 to succeed PopeZachary following the recent death of Pope-elect Stephen. Relations were very strained in the...
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pallium in 788. Regarding the Muslims, he maintained the prohibition of PopeZachary of selling slaves to Muslims, whom Adrian described as "the unspeakable...
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theoretically still a part. The popes renewed earlier attempts to secure the support of the Franks. In 751, PopeZachary had Pepin the Short crowned king...
Saint-Bertin. He proclaims himself as king of the Franks with the support of PopeZachary, and is crowned at Soissons by Boniface, bishop of Mainz, becoming, as...
him against the Saracens. Accordingly, the successor of Gregory III, PopeZachary, changed the policy that had been previously followed toward the Lombards...
Irish preacher named Clement and many others. They continued to preach. PopeZachary held another council in Rome in 745 to deal with him. Boniface's account...
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of Perugia and Pentapolis, besieging the capital city of the former. PopeZachary met the king at Perugia and convinced him to lift the siege and abdicate...
letters to PopeZachary, asking whether the title of king belonged to the one who had exercised the power or the one with the royal lineage. The pope responded...
(formerly duke of Friuli) as king of the Lombards, who makes peace with PopeZachary. Pepin the Short, mayor of the palace of Neustria and Burgundy, invades...
Emperor was only required to be notified. The last pope to notify a Byzantine emperor was PopeZachary in 741. In the 9th century, the Holy Roman Empire...
paramount prince of his age". Pepin III accepted the nomination as king by PopeZachary in about 741. Charlemagne's rule began in 768 at Pepin's death. He proceeded...
extinct; as a result, the Roman Pope Stephen was unable to exercise the same pastoral diplomacy that his predecessor, PopeZachary, had over both Luitprand and...
Easter Fire during the Easter vigil. Thus, Saint Boniface explained to PopeZachary that he produced the new fire of Holy Saturday by means of a crystal...
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