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Pope Stephen II (Latin: Stephanus II; 714 – 26 April 757) was born a Roman aristocrat and member of the Orsini family. Stephen was the bishop of Rome from 26 March 752 to his death. Stephen II marks the historical delineation between the Byzantine Papacy and the Frankish Papacy.
Stephen II (or III) (born, Rome—died April 26, 757, Rome) was the pope from 752 to 757. He severed ties with the Byzantine Empire and thus became the first temporal sovereign of the newly founded Papal States.
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Stephen II was a Roman aristocrat and deacon when the church in Rome chose him to succeed Pope Zachary on March 26, 752 A.D. (after a Pope-elect Stephen died without being confirmed in the office of the papacy).
Stephen (II) was an unconsecrated pope from March 23 to March 25, 752. He was a priest when he was elected on March 23, 752, to succeed Pope St. Zacharias, but he died of apoplexy two days later without having been consecrated.
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Stephen II was a Roman priest who was elected pope in 752 but died before his consecration. He reigned for four days and faced the Lombard threat in Italy.
Stephen II, POPE.—On the death of Zachary, a certain priest Stephen was unanimously elected to succeed him (about March 23, 752); but on the third day after his election, whilst transacting some domestic affairs, he was struck with apoplexy, and expired on the next day.
