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    Gregory II Pope

    Birth: unknown

    Death: 2-11

    Birth Date Prefix: c.669

    Death Date Prefix: 731

    Alternate First Name: Gregorius II

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Mentioned in Frances's notes on Joseph Milner's History of the Christian Church. According to Wikipedia: "His defiance of the Byzantine 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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Mentioned in Frances's notes on Joseph Milner's History of the Christian Church. According to Wikipedia: "His defiance of the Byzantine 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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