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His defiance of Emperor Leo III the Isaurian as a result of the iconoclastic controversy in the Eastern Empire prepared the way for a long series of revolts, schisms, and civil wars that eventually led to the establishment of the temporal power of the popes.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"669","date":"0669"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103321#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Rome","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103321#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"11 February 731","date":"0731-02-11"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103321#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Rome","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103321#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Byzantine Empire","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12544"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103321#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"librarian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182436"},{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103321#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (23 May 715 – 11 February 731)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"0715-05-23","end":"0731-02-11"},{"text":"cardinal (since 711)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45722","start":"0711"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103321#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_II","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103321"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pope Gregory II born?","a":"Pope Gregory II was born on 669 in Rome."},{"q":"What positions has Pope Gregory II held?","a":"Positions held by Pope Gregory II include: Pope (0715–0731); cardinal (since 711)."}],"related":[{"name":"Pope Telesphorus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-telesphorus"},{"name":"Pope Gregory XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Clement VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-vii"},{"name":"Pope Pius I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-i"},{"name":"Pope Boniface I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-boniface-i"},{"name":"Pope Agapetus I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-agapetus-i"},{"name":"Pope Hormisdas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-hormisdas"},{"name":"Pope Innocent VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-viii"},{"name":"Pope Alexander VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-alexander-viii"},{"name":"Pope Innocent X","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-x"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-gregory-ii-f40ae7aa16.jpg","width":392,"height":610,"license":"Public domain","credit":null,"page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greg2.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Gregory II","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_II","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q103321","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103321","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Greg2.jpg (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greg2.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pope Gregory II, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Greg2.jpg, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Gregory II\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-ii. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-ii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-ii","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-ii?lang=ne"}}