Gregory, supported by the Romans and the…

731 CE

Gregory, supported by the Romans and the Lombards, fights iconoclasm until his death in February 731.

His successor, Gregory III, elected by acclamation during his predecessor’s funeral procession and consecrated a month later, organizes a synod in Rome (attended by the Archbishop of Ravenna), which declares iconoclasm punishable by excommunication.

When the exarch donates six columns of onyx to the shrine of St. Peter in thanks for the pope's assistance in his release from the Lombards, the pope defiantly has the material crafted into icons.

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Rome > Roma Lazio Italy View →

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Leo III the Isaurian View → Pope Gregory II View → Pope Gregory III View →

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Lombards (West Germanic tribe) View → Christianity, Chalcedonian View → Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines) View → Lombards (Italy), Kingdom of the View → Spoleto, Lombard Duchy of View → Benevento, Lombard Duchy of View → Ravenna, Exarchate of View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Isaurian dynasty View →

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Migration Period Pessimum View → Byzantine Papacy View → Iconoclastic period, first View →

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Weapons View →

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Commerce View → Symbols View → Environment View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Mayhem View → Faith View → Government View → Custom and Law View → Technology View → Movements View → Theology View → Christology View →

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