{"id":"pope-zachary","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-zachary","language":"en","name":"Pope Zachary","name_en":"Pope Zachary","name_ne":null,"description":"Pope","headline":"Pope","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Pope Zachary was the bishop of Rome from 3 or 5 December 741 until his death on 15 March 752. He was the last pope of the Byzantine Papacy. Zachary built the original church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, forbade the traffic of slaves in Rome, negotiated peace with the Lombards, and sanctioned Pepin the Short's usurpation of the Frankish throne from Childeric III. Zachary is regarded as a capable administrator and a skillful and subtle diplomat in a dangerous time.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"679","date":"0679"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139467#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Santa Severina","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54519"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139467#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"15 March 752","date":"0752-03-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139467#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/Q139467#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/Q139467#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"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/Q139467#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (14 December 741 – 15 March 752)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"0741-12-14","end":"0752-03-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139467#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Zachary","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139467"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pope Zachary born?","a":"Pope Zachary was born on 679 in Santa Severina."},{"q":"What positions has Pope Zachary held?","a":"Positions held by Pope Zachary include: Pope (0741–0752)."}],"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-zachary-ca15a1cffc.jpg","width":500,"height":818,"license":"CC BY 3.0","credit":"Sailko","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Et%C3%A0_di_papa_Zaccaria,_cappella_del_primicerius_Teodoro,_Madonna_in_trono_con_Theodoto_e_la_moglie,_741-752_(09).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Zachary","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Zachary","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q139467","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139467","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Età di papa Zaccaria, cappella del primicerius Teodoro, Madonna in trono con Theodoto e la moglie, 741-752 (09).jpg by Sailko (CC BY 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Et%C3%A0_di_papa_Zaccaria,_cappella_del_primicerius_Teodoro,_Madonna_in_trono_con_Theodoto_e_la_moglie,_741-752_(09).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 Zachary, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Età di papa Zaccaria, cappella del primicerius Teodoro, Madonna in trono con Theodoto e la moglie, 741-752 (09).jpg — Sailko, CC BY 3.0.","cite":"\"Pope Zachary\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-zachary. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-zachary","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-zachary","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-zachary?lang=ne"}}