“I must own that the prose part (the Thought on Various Subjects), at the end of the second volume, was wholly mine. January, 1734”
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Stephen II
Pope Stephen II was the bishop of Rome from 752 until his death in 757. Stephen II marks the historical delineation between the Byzantine Papacy and the Frankish Papacy. During Stephen's pontificate, Rome was facing invasion by the Lombards when Stephen II went to Paris to seek assistance from Pepin the Short. Pepin defeated the Lombards and made a gift of land to the pope, eventually leading to t…
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culture · Head of the Catholic Church from 752 to 757 · presbyter · author · also Stephen II, Pope Stephen II, II
Died 26 April 0757 · Q211789
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