# Pope-elect Stephen

> A Roman cardinal who died three days after his election in 752, before he could be consecrated — making him forever a pope-elect, not a pope, and one of only two men in Church history to hold that liminal title.

*Priest of Rome elected pope in March 752*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-elect-stephen

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 700
- **Died:** 0752-03-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Stephen was a cardinal-priest in 8th-century Rome when the Church selected him on 23 March 752 to succeed Pope Zachary. Three days later, on 26 March, he died — still unconsecrated. Canon law draws a hard line: without episcopal consecration, there is no papacy. The Church struck him from the official roster, and for centuries he was counted as Stephen II until 1961, when historians finally reclassified him. He shares his peculiar status with only one other figure, Pope-elect Celestine II, both men caught in the narrow window between election and legitimacy.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope-elect_Stephen)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q383322)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope-elect%20Stephen)
- [البابا المنتخب ستيفان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [البابا المنتخب ستيفان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Esteban II (papa efímeru)](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteban_II_(papa_ef%C3%ADmeru))
- [Стэфан II (Папа Рымскі)](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_II_(%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96))
- [Стефан II (избран за папа)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_II_(%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0))
- [Esteve II (papa no consagrat)](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteve_II_(papa_no_consagrat))
- [Dŏng-sōng gáu-huòng Stephanus](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Fng-s%C5%8Dng_g%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Stephanus)
- [Štěpán II. (epizodní papež)](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1n_II._(epizodn%C3%AD_pape%C5%BE))
- [Stefan (valgt pave)](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_(valgt_pave))
- [Stephan (II.)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_(II.))
- [Stefan (papa)](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_(papa))
- [Στέφανος, εκλεγμένος Πάπας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82%2C_%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Stefano la 2-a (elektita papo)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_la_2-a_(elektita_papo))
- [Esteban II (papa efímero)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteban_II_(papa_ef%C3%ADmero))
- [Stephanus II (paavstiks valitu)](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanus_II_(paavstiks_valitu))
- [Eztebe II.a (aukeratutako aita santua)](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eztebe_II.a_(aukeratutako_aita_santua))
- [استفان (پاپ)](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE))
- [Stefanus (paaviksi valittu)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanus_(paaviksi_valittu))
- [Étienne (pape éphémère)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_(pape_%C3%A9ph%C3%A9m%C3%A8re))
- [Pápa tofa Stiofán](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1pa_tofa_Stiof%C3%A1n)
- [Estevo, papa electo](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevo%2C_papa_electo)
- [Tông-sién kau-fòng Stephanus](https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B4ng-si%C3%A9n_kau-f%C3%B2ng_Stephanus)
- [Pous Stefanus (II)](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Stefanus_(II))
- [Stephan (II.) (Papst)](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_(II.)_(Papst))

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