# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pope-zachary
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:05:26.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pope-zachary"
name: "Pope Zachary"
slug: "pope-zachary"
description: "The last pope to rule when Rome still answered to Byzantium, he signed off on a coup that would reshape medieval Europe — telling Pepin the Short it was fine to take the Frankish crown by force."
tagline: "Pope"
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country:
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birthDate: "679"
deathDate: "0752-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Zachary became bishop of Rome on 3 December 741, inheriting a church squeezed between Byzantine emperors and Lombard warlords. He built the first Santa Maria sopra Minerva, banned slave trading in the city, and brokered a fragile peace with the Lombards pressing at Rome's gates. Then in 751 he made the call that would echo for centuries: he sanctioned Pepin the Short's overthrow of Childeric III, blessing raw power over bloodline and binding the papacy to the Frankish throne. He died 15 March 752, remembered as a capable administrator and a diplomat who knew when to bend and when to legitimize revolution.