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	8th Century Christianity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When Pope Gregory II (715-31) took office he was faced with the responsibility of managing the Church’s inheritances, and along with that duty came the responsibility of paying the imperial taxes.
		Pope Gregory II not only ignored the decree, but he also sent a letter to the Emperor accusing him of inappropriately interfering in theological matters.
		Pope Gregory III tried to diplomatically end the siege but was unable to so he sent emissaries to Charles Martel, the mayor and true power behind the Lombards.
	mystichearth.celestials.org /gobb_vol4iss11/Pg21.htm (1207 words)

	Pope Paschal II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		January 21, 1118), pope from August 13, 1099 until his death, was a native of Bieda, near Viterbo, and a monk of the Cluniac order.
		He was created cardinal priest of San Clemente by Pope Gregory VII about 1076, and was consecrated pope in succession to Pope Urban II on August 19, 1099.
		On the death of the countess Matilda, who had bequeathed all her territories to the Church (1115), the emperor at once laid claim to them as imperial fiefs and forced the pope to flee from Rome.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pope_Paschal_II (468 words)

	Pope Gregory II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Saint Gregory II, pope from 715 or 716 to February 11, 731, succeeded Pope Constantine, his election being variously dated May 19, 715, and March 21, 716.
		Having, it is said, bought off the Lombards for thirty pounds of gold, he used the tranquillity thus obtained for vigorous missionary efforts in Germany, and for strengthening the papal authority in the churches of England and Ireland.
		By excommunicating the Byzantine emperor Leo III the Isaurian, he prepared the way for a long series of revolts and civil wars, which tended greatly to the establishment of the temporal power of the popes.
	www.americancanyon.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pope_Gregory_II (214 words)

	Pope Constantine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		April 9, 715) was Pope from 708 to 715.
		The negotiations were conducted by Gregory, the future Pope Gregory II.
		Philippus was overthrown in June 713, and his successor, Anastasius II communicated to the Pope his support for the Sixth General Council.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pope_Constantine (269 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Gregory II
		But throughout all his pontificate, Gregory failed not to scan with anxiety the movements of the Saracens, and he is credited with having sent tokens of encouragement to the Frankish leaders who were stemming their advance in Gaul.
		Probably, however, it was done by Gregory II about the year 727; though perhaps it is not quite equally probable that the two famous condemnatory letters which Gregory II is said to have sent to Leo III are genuine.
		Gregory died in February, and was buried in St. Peter's (11 Feb., 731).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06787a.htm (1382 words)

	Pope Pelagius II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pelagius II was pope from 579 to 590.
		The Pope therefore turned to the Franks, who invaded Italy, but left after being bribed by the Lombards.
		Pelagius labored to promote the celibacy of the clergy, and he issued such stringent regulations on this matter that his successor Pope Gregory I thought them too strict, and modified them to some extent.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pope_Pelagius_II (234 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Under Sergius I, Gregory was the librarian and the keeper of the purse; he accompanied Pope Constantine when the pope traveled to Constantinople to protest the anti-western canons of the Second Trullan (or Quintisext) Council (692).
		Gregory was elected to the papacy in 715 and resisted the iconoclasm of Emperor Leo III the Isaurian.
		Gregory sponsored the missionary activities of St. Boniface in Germany, and, like Gregory I, Gregory II converted his family mansion into a monastery.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/gregoryii.html (159 words)

	Cultural Catholic - Pope Nicholas II
		Notwithstanding Pope Stephen IX’s deathbed dictum, the anti-reformist faction proclaimed the Bishop of Velletri, Italy to be Pope Benedict X on April 5, 1058.
		Pope Nicholas II was a reform prelate and set controls for the election and conduct of popes by assembling a synod of 113 bishops on April 13, 1059 whose first order of business was to declare the election of Pope Benedict X unconstitutional.
		Pope Nicholas II died in Florence on July 27, 1061, and was buried in the Cathedral of Santa Reparata now the Duomo.
	www.culturalcatholic.com /PopeNicholasII.htm (392 words)

	ST. GREGORY II
		As a deacon he accompanied Constantine on his visit to Justinian II and is credited with the skillful answers which at once satisfied the half-mad monarch and safeguarded Catholic doctrine and practice.
		Gregory II showed great interest in the vital work of conversion going on in lands beyond the old empire's far-flung borders.
		Pope Gregory held a synod at Rome which stated the traditional teaching of the Church.
	www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp89.htm (510 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Bl. Urban II
		The troops of pope and antipope met in a desperate encounter which lasted three days; Guibert was driven from the city, and Urban entered St. Peter's in triumph.
		In October, 1098, the pope held a council at Bari with the intention of reconciling the Greeks and Latins on the question of the filioque; one hundred and eighty bishops attended, amongst whom was St. Anselm of Canterbury, who had fled to Urban to lay before him his complaints against the Red King.
		Amongst the figures painted in the apse of the oratory built by Calixtus II in the Lateran Palace is that of Urban II with the words sanctus Urbanus secundus beneath it.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15210a.htm (2174 words)

	CNN.com - Doctors perform tracheotomy on pope - Feb 24, 2005
		Pope John Paul II is taken to a Rome hospital after a relapse.
		The pope was taken to the hospital on Thursday, less than two weeks after he had been released from the facility after a nine-day stay from complications of the flu.
		The pope was taken to hospital on February 1 after suffering breathing difficulties, later diagnosed as the flu complicated by an acute respiratory infection.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/europe/02/24/pope (775 words)

	Keeping Catholics Catholic Page XXV-The Timeline-The Eighth Century
		Saint Boniface is authorized by Pope Gregory II to preach Christianity to all the tribes of Germany.
		Pope St. Gregory II answered the Emperor by explaining the difference between pictures and idols with some surprise that Leo III did not already understand it.
		The insurgents, meanwhile, thoroughly frightened and unable to connive Charlemagne of the Pope's evil, surrendered, and the guards sent the culprits, Paschalis and Campulus, nephews of Pope Hadrian I and ringleaders against Pope St. Leo III, to the King, to be dealt with at the Royal pleasure.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Ithaca/6461/8cent.html (3569 words)

	Pope Urban II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pope Urban II Pope Urban II The person who would become Pope Urban II was born around 1035 to a noble family in northern France.
		After Gregory's death and the short papacy of Victor III, Urban was elected pope on March 12, 1088 (Riley-Smith [1] 3), but was in exile at the time.
		Pope Urban II's response was to preach the First Crusade, starting on November 27, 1095, at the Council of Clermont.
	www.umich.edu /~eng415/timeline/Urban.html (335 words)

	Our Church Windows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		After many honors at home and missions in Friesland (a country in present day Holland) he was received by Pope Gregory II on May 15, 719, and was granted full authority to preach the Gospel in Germany.
		Pope Gregory summoned him to Rome and consecrated him a regional bishop with the name Boniface, which means 'a man who does good deeds.' He was sent back to Germany.
		Pope Gregory II died and was succeeded by Gregory III who congratulated Boniface and in recognition made him an Archbishop.
	www.saintboniface.org /Church_Windows.htm (535 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of February 11
		The 89th pope, Saint Gregory, became involved in church affairs in his youth, was educated at the Lateran, became a subdeacon under Pope Saint Sergius, served as treasurer and librarian of the Church under four popes, and became widely known for his learning and wisdom.
		Gregory opposed Leo's illegal taxation on the Italians, and counseled against the planned revolt of Italy against Byzantium and the election of an emperor in opposition to Leo.
		Pope Saint Julius I, he returned to Adrianople, but refused to be in communion with the Arian bishops condemned at Sardica.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0211.htm (3526 words)

	Pope Gregory III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Saint Gregory III, pope (731-741), a Syrian by birth, succeeded Pope Gregory IIGregory II in March 731.
		Gregory immediately appealed to the Byzantine Emperor Leo III to moderate his position on the iconoclastic controversy.
		Gregory's support of the empire led him to help contribute to the recapture of Ravenna after it had fallen to the Lombards in 733.
	www.infothis.com /find/Pope_Gregory_III (504 words)

	Today's Saint
		Boniface and St. Corbinian were consecrated as bishops under Gregory II and sent to the tribes in Germany.
		During Gregory’s reign, pilgrims from England increased in such great numbers that a church, cemetery and school were required for them.
		Gregory was pope during the reign of Emperor Leo III, who ordered that all holy images be destroyed.
	www.catholicexchange.com /church_today/message.asp?message_id=2423&sec_id=4 (289 words)

	Gregory II, Saint on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		731, pope (715-31), a Roman; successor of Constantine.
		When Byzantine Emperor Leo III tried to impose iconoclasm in Italy by an imperial edict, Gregory answered that the emperor could not decide tenets of faith.
		The Path to a New Pontiff: On the outside, the election of a new Pope is a carefully choreographed ritual steeped in Catholic tradition.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/g/gregory2.asp (326 words)

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		Gregory protested the emperor's efforts and in retaliation Leo sent ships to arrest and imprison Gregory.
		Gregory continued to oppose the iconoclast and had pillars erected around St. Peter's with sacred images of God and the saints mounted on them.
		Gregory was a very courageous, wise and prudent pope and his reputation for piety, simplicity and deep humility has been an example to clergy and laity alike throughout the centuries.
	www.christdesert.org /public_graphics/martyrology/names/g/gregory_iii.txt (198 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Pope Gregory II
		Pope Saint Sergius I ordained Gregory a subdeacon.
		Gregory tried to change the emperor's thinking, counseled the people to maintain allegiance to the prince, and encouraged the bishops to oppose the heresy.
		Pope Gregory II Commends Bishop Boniface to the Christians of Germany
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintg34.htm (242 words)

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		Pope Gregory II in 726 said "when a man has a sick wife who cannot discharge the marital function, he may take a second one, provided he looks after the first one." Later, with concerns for protecting Church property from inheritance, Pope Pelagius I made new priests agree that offspring could not inherit Church property.
		Pope Gregory then declared all sons of priests illegitimate (only SONS since lowly daughters could not inherit anyway).
		In 1022 Pope Benedict VIII banned marriages and mistresses for priests and in 1139 Pope Innocent II voided all marriages of priests and all new priests had to divorce their wives.
	inkaboutit.homestead.com /madesin.html (1211 words)

	Saint Boniface Martyr, Apostle of Germany
		The Pope welcomed him warmly, kept him in Rome until spring of the following year, when traveling conditions were favorable, and then sent him forth with a general commission to preach the word of God to the heathen.
		Pope Gregory III sent Boniface the pallium in 731, appointing him archbishop and metropolitan of all Germany beyond the Rhine, with authority to found new bishoprics.
		At his request and that of Pope Zacharias, the archbishop of Canterbury held a council at Clovesho, in 747, which adopted many of the resolutions passed in Gaul.
	www.thesacredheart.com /sts/bonifac.htm (667 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Pope Gregory II - Appeal to Charles Martel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pope Gregory II - Appeal to Charles Martel, 739
		As a result, the popes tunred increasingly in the 8th century towards the Franks and made a series of alliances, in particular, with the Carolingian majors of the palace.
		In our great affliction we have thought it necessary to write to you a second time, believing that you are a loving son of St. Peter, the prince of apostles, and of ourselves, and that out of reverence for him you would obey our commands to defend the church of God and his chosen people.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/g2-martellet.html (377 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: The Correspondence of St. Boniface
		Pope Gregory II Commends Bishop Boniface to the Christians Of Germany (1 December 722)
		Pope Gregory to his distinguished sons Asulf, Godolaus, Wilareus, Gundhar, Alvold and all the faithful of Thuringia who are beloved of God.
		Gregory, the servant of the servants of God, to our most reverend and holy brother Bishop Boniface, sent by this apostolic Church of God for the enlightenment of the German people who live in the shadow of death, steeped in error.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/boniface-letters.html (18755 words)

	Historical Time Line of Charlemagne
		Pope Stephen recognized the legitimacy of Pepin's claim to be king of the Franks.
		Pepin gave the pope dominion over the lands of Central Italy and established the legal foundation of the Papal States (Patrimony of St Peter).
		There was a rebellion in Rome against the Pope, and the trial could neither condemn the Pope or find him innocent.
	faculty.cua.edu /pennington/ChurchHistory220/LectureTwo/TimeLineCharlemagne.htm (723 words)

	His Holiness Pope Gregory XVII
		This Pope, who is at the same time future military Leader and Emperor, chosen by God to carry out an immense task in the Church and in the world, enshrines a profound apocalyptic mystery.
		His Holiness Pope Gregory XVII, in the world Clemente Dominguez y Gomez, named after his predecessor Pope Saint Clement I, was born in Spain in the beautiful, historic, artistic and Marian City of Seville on the 23rd April 1946.
		The Pope is kept under drugs, he is a prisoner within the walls of the Vatican, unable to do or decide anything save what the enemies of the Church ordain.
	www.geocities.com /area51/lair/7170/ibio1.htm (1769 words)

	St Boniface (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He declined this, and went to Rome where, in May 719, Pope Gregory II commissioned him as a missionary to Germany.
		This was built on in the years which followed by the organisation of dioceses and provinces, all under the Pope, in other areas of Germany.
		In the period 742-747, Boniface directed a series of reforming councils (much of their work dealt with abuses by new and inexperienced clergy) which were held in Francia.
	www.creditonparishchurch.org.uk /StBoniface.html (906 words)

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		Decades of harsh rule by the Tartar barbarians and then the Goths were followed by takeovers in different regions of the country by powerful and well-managed groups, such as the Lombards.
		In 731 A.D., Pope Gregory II renounced Rome's dependence on the great city of Constantinople which effectively ended the twilight era of the Greek exarch who had nominally ruled Rome.
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	ECCLESIA IN AFRICA Pope John Paul II
		ECCLESIA IN AFRICA Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II The Church which is in Africa celebrated with joy and hope its faith in the Risen Christ during the four weeks of the Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops.
		Pope Paul VI had already addressed this question in memorable words when he stated: "It is often said nowadays that the present century thirsts for authen- ticity.
		Pope Paul VI eloquently expressed this when he canonized the Ugandan Martyrs in Saint Peter's Basilica on World Mission Day, 1964: "These African Martyrs add a new page to that list of victorious men and women that we call the martyrology, in which we find the most magnificent as well as the most tragic stories.
	www.ewtn.com /new_evangelization/africa/synod/exhortation.htm (13995 words)

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