Pope Stephen III, (720 –
January 24, 772),
pope August 7, 768 –
January 24, 772, was a native of
Sicily.He came to Rome during the pontificate of
Gregory III and gradually rose to high office in the service of successive popes.On the deposition of
Antipope Constantine II, Stephen was chosen to succeed him. Fragmentary records are preserved of the council (April 769) at which the degradation of Constantine was completed, certain new arrangements for papal elections made, and the practice of devotion to
icons confirmed (see
iconoclasm). The politics of Stephen's reign are obscure, but he inclined to alliance between the
Papacy and the
Lombards rather than to the
Franks. He was succeeded by
Adrian I.
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