Zachary
pope
b. 679 · d. 15 Mar 752
91st Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 14 Dec 741–15 Mar 752
Offices
- Bishop of Rome (Pope) № 91 · 14 Dec 741 – 15 Mar 752
Pope Zachary was the bishop of Rome from 3 or 5 December 741 until his death on 15 March 752. 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.
Related people
- Sisinnio consecrated by · traditional
- Gregory III succeeded · traditional
- Stephen II preceded · inferred
- Pope-elect Stephen preceded · traditional
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Santa Severina birth
- St. Peter's Basilica burial
- Rome ministry
- Papal States ministry
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents relating to Great Britain and Ireland 1 claim — Council of Clovesho