Editing Pope Eugene II (section)

{{Short description|Head of the Catholic Church from 824 to 827}}
{{Infobox Christian leader 
|type = Pope
|honorific-prefix =[[List of popes|Pope]]
|name = Eugene II
|title = [[Bishop of Rome]]
|church = [[Catholic Church]]
|image = 
|term_start= 6 June 824
|term_end=27 August 827
|predecessor=[[Paschal I]]
|successor=[[Pope Valentine|Valentine]]
|birth_name=
|birth_date=
|birth_place=[[Rome]],<ref>{{cite web| url = https://w2.vatican.va/content/vatican/en/holy-father/eugenio-ii.html| title = "Eugene II", The Holy See}}</ref> [[Papal States]]
|death_date=27 August 827
|death_place=Rome, Papal States<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url= https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugenius-II |title=Eugenius II |author=((The Editors of ''Encyclopædia Britannica'')) |encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date= 15 August 2016}}</ref>
|other=Eugene}}

'''Pope Eugene II''' ({{langx|la|Eugenius II}}; died 27 August 827) was the [[bishop of Rome]] and ruler of the [[Papal States]] from 6 June 824 to his death on 27 August 827. A native of [[Rome]], he was [[Papal selection before 1059|chosen by nobles]] to succeed [[Paschal I]] as [[pope]] despite the clergy and the people favoring Zinzinnus. The influence of the [[Carolingian]] Franks on the selection of popes was then firmly established. Pope Eugene convened a council at Rome in 826 to condemn [[simony]] and suspend untrained clergy. It was decreed that schools were to be established at cathedral churches and other places to give instruction in sacred and secular literature. His involvement in the [[Byzantine Iconoclasm]] controversy was largely inconsequential.