Saint Paul I

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Died:
June 28, 767, Rome
Title / Office:
pope (757-767)

Saint Paul I (born, Rome [Italy]—died June 28, 767, Rome; feast day June 28) was the pope from 757 to 767. His alliance with the Franks strengthened the young Papal States. Consecrated deacon by Pope St. Zacharias, he became a key member of the Curia under his brother Pope Stephen II (or III), whom he was elected on April 26, 757, to succeed. He secured the support of the Frankish king Pippin III the Short against the animosity of the Lombard king Desiderius and the Byzantine emperor Constantine V Copronymus. In 763 Pippin mediated between Paul and Desiderius, who, allied ...(100 of 164 words)