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92nd Roman Pontiff
Stephen II
STEPHANVS Secundus
Stephanus
91st Successor of St Peter · 752–757 · Rome · b. Rome, Exarchate of Ravenna, Eastern Roman Empire
752
Elected
757
Reign ended
5 years
Length
8th
Century
The Life
(Eastern) Roman citizen, later the sovereign of the independent Papal States. Was of Roman ethnicity. Sometimes called Stephen III. The Donation of Pepin. Brother of Paul I.
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