Editing Pope Gregory II (section)

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{{short description|Head of the Catholic Church from 715 to 731}}
{{Infobox Christian leader | type = pope
|honorific-prefix=[[Pope Saint]]
|name=Gregory II
|title = [[Bishop of Rome]]
|church = [[Catholic Church]]
|birth_name=Gregorius Sabellus
|term_start=19 May 715
|term_end=11 February 731
|predecessor=[[Pope Constantine|Constantine]]
|successor=[[Pope Gregory III|Gregory III]]
|birth_date=669
|birth_place= [[Rome]], [[Exarchate of Italy|Italy]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]]
|death_date=11 February 731 (aged c. 62)
|death_place= [[Rome]], [[Exarchate of Italy|Italy]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]]
|feast_day=11 February
|venerated = [[Catholic Church]]
|attributes= {{unbulleted list|Papal vestments|[[Pallium]]}}
|other=Gregory
}}

'''Pope Gregory II''' ({{langx|la|Gregorius II}}; 669 – 11 February 731) was the [[Pope|bishop of Rome]] from 19 May 715 to his death on 11 February 731.<ref name="ce">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06787a.htm Mann, Horace. "Pope St. Gregory II." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 18 September 2017</ref> His defiance of Emperor [[Leo III the Isaurian]] as a result of the [[Byzantine Iconoclasm|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 Holy See|temporal power of the popes]].