Pope Zachary

Pope Saint

Zachary
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 (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.

[:0-1] 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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