Saint Gregory III,
pope (
731-
741), a Syrian by birth, succeeded
Gregory II in March 731. His pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was disturbed by the
iconoclastic controversy in the
Byzantine Empire, in which he vainly invoked the intervention of
Charles Martel. Also during his reign he conferred the
pallium on
Saint Boniface in
Germany, and Wilibald in
Bohemia, and
Bede in
England carried on their most successful missionary labours. He died on
November 29 741.
from the 9th edition (1880) of an unnamed encyclopedia
- preceded by Pope Gregory II (715-731)
- succeeded by Pope Zacharias (741-752)