Pope Gregory II
89th Pope of the Catholic Church (from 715 to 731)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Stood up to an emperor over religious icons and accidentally kicked off centuries of papal-imperial drama. Pope from 715 to 731, Gregory II's defiance of Leo III became the foundation for actual papal power.
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Pope Gregory II was the bishop of Rome from 19 May 715 to his death on 11 February 731. His defiance of Emperor Leo III the Isaurian as a result of the iconoclastic controversy in the Eastern Empire prepared the way for a long series of revolts, schisms, and civil wars that eventually led to the establishment of the temporal power of the popes.
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