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94th Roman Pontiff
Stephen III
STEPHANVS Tertius
Stephanus
94th Successor of St Peter · 768–772 · Rome · b. Syracuse, Sicily, Eastern Roman Empire
768
Elected
772
Reign ended
4 years
Length
8th
Century
The Life
(Eastern) Roman citizen, later the sovereign of the independent Papal States. Was of Greek ethnicity. Sometimes called Stephen IV. He summoned the Lateran Council of 769.
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