Gregory III. (Pope)

Gregory III. (18th century papal medal)

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Gregory III. (* in Syria ; † November 28, 741 in Rome ) was Pope from 731 to 741. Until the election of Pope Francis in 2013, he was the last Pope not born in Europe.

Life

Gregory III. came from Syria and was originally called Johannes. He was elected Pope on March 18, 731. His pontificate is one of the most difficult in church history: As with his predecessor Gregory II , he also had serious disputes with Byzantium . After he became Emperor Leo III. excommunicated in the course of the Byzantine iconoclasm , the dioceses of Sicily , Lower Italy and Illyria were incorporated by the emperor into the ecumenical patriarchate of Constantinople . Gregor then broke off contact with Byzantium.

At the same time, the Lombards advanced in Italy. Gregory III. Thereupon the Franconian Empire was the first Pope to ask for help, but - and that exacerbated the problem with Byzantium - still without success. Nevertheless, during Gregory's time the ties between the Teutons and the Catholic Church became stronger - Boniface became archbishop in 732 and papal legate for Germania in 738 . In 732 Gregory III forbade eating horse meat . Gregory's Catholic feast day is November 28th.

Under Gregory III. the feast of all saints for Rome was moved to November 1st.

literature

Rudolf Schieffer : Gregor III. In: Lexikon des Mittelalters , Vol. 4 (1989) Sp. 1667.

Web links

Commons : Gregory III. - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia , Robert Appleton Company, New York 1913.
Daniel Hauser: Pope Gregory III. In: Domradio . November 28, 2018 .; accessed on November 28, 2018

Remarks

↑ Argentine Bergoglio new Pope. In: orf.at . March 13, 2013, accessed November 28, 2018 . Rachael Donadio: The New Pope: Bergoglio of Argentina. In: The New York Times . March 13, 2013, accessed November 28, 2018 .
↑ "Gregori 3. (...) and forbade the new Christians in Germany to eat raw bacon from horse meat / as a coarse / wild / cattle-based Hayden trade". From: Johannes Nas (1534–1590): Concordia Alter und newer, good, also bad faith, more contentious teaching, compare description. 1583. According to Nas, offenders were punished with death by wheeling, stakes or burning. The ban against this "satanic cult" was confirmed by his successors.

predecessor	Office	successor
Gregory II	Pope 731-741	Zacharias

personal data
SURNAME	Gregory III.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Pope (731-741)
DATE OF BIRTH	7th century or 8th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Syria
DATE OF DEATH	November 28, 741
Place of death	Rome

[1] Argentine Bergoglio new Pope. In: orf.at . March 13, 2013, accessed November 28, 2018 . Rachael Donadio: The New Pope: Bergoglio of Argentina. In: The New York Times . March 13, 2013, accessed November 28, 2018 .

[2] "Gregori 3. (...) and forbade the new Christians in Germany to eat raw bacon from horse meat / as a coarse / wild / cattle-based Hayden trade". From: Johannes Nas (1534–1590): Concordia Alter und newer, good, also bad faith, more contentious teaching, compare description. 1583. According to Nas, offenders were punished with death by wheeling, stakes or burning. The ban against this "satanic cult" was confirmed by his successors.