Pope Zachary

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Pope Zachary was an 8th-century pope known for his diplomatic skill, support of the early Frankish rulers, and efforts to maintain stability in the face of Lombard and Byzantine pressures.

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Label Occurrences
Pope Zachary canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pope ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthName Zacharias ⓘ
burialPlace Old St. Peter’s Basilica ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 679 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 15 March 752 ⓘ
era 8th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
feastDay 15 March ⓘ
influenced development of the Papal-Frankish alliance that led to the Carolingian Empire ⓘ
knownFor condemnation of slavery of Christians ⓘ
diplomatic skill ⓘ
mediating between Lombards and Byzantines ⓘ
peace treaties with the Lombards ⓘ
strengthening papal-Frankish alliance ⓘ
support of early Frankish rulers ⓘ
support of missionary work in Germany ⓘ
languageSpoken Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
notableAction approved the deposition of Merovingian king Childeric III ⓘ
condemned divination and superstitious practices ⓘ
intervened to protect Rome from Lombard aggression ⓘ
recognized Pepin the Short as King of the Franks ⓘ
redeemed Christian slaves from Venetian and other traders ⓘ
reformed ecclesiastical discipline ⓘ
restored and repaired churches in Rome ⓘ
papacyEndDate 15 March 752 ⓘ
papacyStartDate 3 December 741 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Calabria ⓘ
placeOfDeath Papal States ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Pope

Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ
predecessor Pope Gregory III ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Lateran Palace ⓘ
linked to: Lateran complex

Rome ⓘ
successor Pope Stephen II ⓘ
supportedPerson Pepin the Short ⓘ
Saint Boniface ⓘ
title Servant of the Servants of God ⓘ
Supreme Pontiff ⓘ
veneratedIn Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
workedOn maintaining independence of the Papacy from Byzantine control ⓘ
maintaining peace with the Lombard Kingdom ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Stephen II → predecessor → Pope Zachary ⓘ
Byzantine Papacy → hasNotableFigure → Pope Zachary ⓘ
Aistulf → opponent → Pope Zachary ⓘ
Duchy of Rome → associatedWith → Pope Zachary ⓘ
Pope Stephen II → predecessor → Pope Zachary ⓘ
subject linked to: Stephen
Pippin the Short → supportedBy → Pope Zachary ⓘ
Ratchis → interactedWith → Pope Zachary ⓘ