Pope Zachary
Pope · Italy · Religious Figures · Lived 679 to 752 · aged 73
Pope Zachary is read about 170 times a day, in 70 languages.
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Something wrong?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.
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Età di papa Zaccaria, cappella del primicerius Teodoro, Madonna in trono con Theodoto e la moglie, 741-752 (09)
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Francesco solimena, incontro di ratchis con papa zaccaria durante l'assedio di perugia, 1701-05, da s. giorgio a ve
Statua di Papa Zaccaria
Zacharias buys slaves from Venetian merchantsAbout this person
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.
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