1. Pope Zachary was the last pope of the Byzantine Papacy.
12 Facts About Pope Zachary
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Pope Zachary is regarded as a capable administrator and a skillful and subtle diplomat in a dangerous time.
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Pope Zachary was born into a family of Greek origin, in the Calabrian town of Santa Severina.
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Pope Zachary was most probably a deacon of the Roman Church and as such signed the decrees of the Roman council of 732.
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At the request of the Exarchate of Ravenna, Pope Zachary persuaded Liutprand to abandon a planned attack on Ravenna and to restore territory seized from the city.
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Pope Zachary corresponded with Archbishop Boniface of Mainz, counseling him about dealing with disreputable prelates such as Milo, bishop of Reims and Trier.
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In 745 Pope Zachary convened a synod in Rome to discourage a tendency toward the worship of angels.
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Pope Zachary remonstrated with the Byzantine emperor Constantine V Copronymus on his iconoclastic policies.
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Pope Zachary built the original church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva over an ancient temple to Minerva near the Pantheon.
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Pope Zachary restored the decaying Lateran Palace, moving the relic of the head of Saint George to the church of San Giorgio al Velabro.
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Pope Zachary's elected successor, Stephen, died within days, and Zachary was finally succeeded by Stephen II.
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The letters and decrees of Pope Zachary are published in Jacques Paul Migne, Patrolog.