Saint Gregory III,
pope (731-741), a Syrian by birth, succeeded
Gregory II in March 731. His pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was disturbed by the
iconoclastic controversy in the
Byzantine Empire, in which he vainly invoked the intervention of
Charles Martel. During his reign also it was that
Saint Boniface in Germany, on whom he conferred the pallium, Wilibald in Bohemia, and
Bede in England carried on their most successful missionary labours. He died 29th November 741, and was suceeded by
Zacharias
from the 9th edition (1880) of an unnamed encyclopedia
- preceded by Pope Gregory II (715-731)
- succeeded by Pope Zacharias (741-752)