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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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