Everything about Pope Gregory Iii totally explained
Gregory III (died
November 29,
741) was
pope from
731 to
741.
A
Syrian by birth, he succeeded
Gregory II in March 731. His pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was disturbed by the
iconoclastic controversy in the
Byzantine Empire, in which he vainly invoked the intervention of
Charles Martel.
Elected by popular acclamation, he was the last pope to seek the
Byzantine exarch's mandate. Gregory immediately appealed to the Byzantine Emperor
Leo III to moderate his position on the
iconoclastic controversy. When this elicited no response, Gregory called a
synod in November 731, the latter decided to bring the Pope under control. This included appropriating papal territories, and transferring ecclesiastical jurisdictions to the
Patriarch of Constantinople.
Gregory's support of the empire led him to help contribute to the recapture of
Ravenna after it had fallen to the
Lombards in
733. However, he also sought to fortify Rome and seek alliance with opponents of the Lombard monarch
Liutprand and then from the
Franks. He sent embassies to
Charles Martel, who made no response.
Gregory promoted the Church in
northern Europe - such as the missions of
Saint Boniface in
Germany and Willibald in
Bohemia. He also bestowed palliums on
Egbert of York and
Tatwine,
Archbishop of Canterbury. He also beautified
Rome and supported
monasticism.
He is celebrated on
November 28.
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