Pope Gregory II was Bishop of Rome from 19 May 715 to his death in 731. 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. <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Michele_all%27Adige,_chiesa_-_Scultura_san_Gregorio_II.jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank">Syrio</a> / <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" target="_blank">CC BY-SA</a>
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Sculpture portraying saint Gregorius II - San Michele all'Adige (Trentino, Italy)

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Pope Gregory II was Bishop of Rome from 19 May 715 to his death in 731. 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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