{"id":"pope-stephen-iii","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-stephen-iii","language":"en","name":"Pope Stephen III","name_en":"Pope Stephen III","name_ne":null,"description":"Pope","headline":"Pope","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Pope Stephen III was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from 7 August 768 to his death on 24 January 772. Stephen was a Benedictine monk who worked in the Lateran Palace during the reign of Pope Zachary. In the midst of a tumultuous contest by rival factions to name a successor to Pope Paul I, Stephen was elected with the support of the Roman officials. He summoned the Lateran Council of 769, which sought to limit the influence of the nobles in papal elections. The council also opposed iconoclasm.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"720","date":"0720"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320531#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Syracuse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13670"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320531#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"24 January 772","date":"0772-01-24"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320531#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/Q320531#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Papal States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170174"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320531#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320531#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (11 August 768 – 1 February 772)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"0768-08-11","end":"0772-02-01"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320531#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Stephen_III","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320531"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pope Stephen III born?","a":"Pope Stephen III was born on 720 in Syracuse."},{"q":"What positions has Pope Stephen III held?","a":"Positions held by Pope Stephen III include: Pope (0768–0772)."}],"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"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-stephen-iii-bcbdd0f0e2.jpg","width":432,"height":602,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Artaud de Montor (1772–1849)","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pope_Stephen_III_(2).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Stephen III","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Stephen_III","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q320531","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320531","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Pope Stephen III (2).jpg by Artaud de Montor (1772–1849) (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pope_Stephen_III_(2).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 Stephen III, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Pope Stephen III (2).jpg — Artaud de Montor (1772–1849), Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Stephen III\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-stephen-iii. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:57:40Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-stephen-iii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-stephen-iii","ne":null}}