Pope Gregory III

Gregory III
Papacy began11 February 731
Papacy ended28 November 741
PredecessorPope Gregory II
SuccessorPope Zachary
Personal details
Born
Syria
Died28 November 741
Rome
Other popes named Gregory

Pope Gregory III (Latin: Gregorius Tertius; died 28 November 741) was a Syrian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 90th Pope from 11 February 731 to 28 November 741.

Early life

Gregory was born in Syria, but the date of his birth is not known.

Pope

Gregory was elected pope in 731. During his reign, the issue of iconoclasm or image worship was an important controversy.

After the reign of Gregory III, there were no other non-European popes until Pope Francis in 2013.

References

Emblem of the popes
  1. ↑ "List of Popes," Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2013-3-12.
  2. 1 2 "Pope Gregory III," Catholic Encyclopedia; retrieved 2013-3-12.
  3. ↑ Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. (1838). "Gregory III," Penny cyclopaedia, Vol. 11, p. 444.
  4. ↑ Goodstein, Laurie. "Pope Electors Are Sizing Up a Field of Peers," New York Times. February 16, 2013; Cockerton, Paul. "It's Pope Francis I: First non-European elected to lead Catholic Church for 1,000 years," The Mirror (UK). 13 March 2013; retrieved 2012-3-14.

Other websites

Media related to Gregorius III at Wikimedia Commons

Preceded by
Gregory II		 Pope
731-741		 Succeeded by
Zachary