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Elected by popular acclamation. He was the last pope to seek the Byzantine exarchIn the Byzantine Empire, an exarch was a proconsul or viceroy who governed a province at some remove from the central authorities, the Emperor and the Patriarch of Constantinople. In the ecclesiastical organization of the Empire of the East, the exarch of's mandate. Gregory immediately appealed to the Byzantine Emperor Leo IIILeo III the Isaurian (c. 680 June 18, 741) was a Byzantine emperor ( 717- 741). He put an end to a period of instability, successfully defended the empire against the invading Arabs, and adopted the religious policy of iconoclasm. Leo was born in the Syri to moderate his position on the iconoclastic controversy. When this elicited no response, Gregory called a synodA synod (also known as a council is a council of a church, usually a Christian church, convened to decide an issue of doctrine or administration. An ecumenical council is so named because it is a synod of the whole church (or, more accurately, of what tho in November 731, denouncing iconoclasm, and excommunicating destroyers of icons. When a messenger carrying the decrees reached the Emperor the latter decided to bring the Pope under control. This included appropriating papal territories, and transferring ecclesiastical jurisdictions to the Patriarch of ConstantinopleThe Patriarch of Constantinople is the Ecumenical Patriarch the " first among equals" in the Eastern Orthodox Communion. In this capacity he serves as spiritual leader and primary spokesperson for the Communion (hence "first"), but has no official authori. Gregory's support of the empire led him to help contribute to the recapture of RavennaFor other places named Ravenna, see Ravenna (disambiguation). Ravenna is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, population 134,631 (2001). The city is inland, but is connected to the Adriatic Sea by a canal. Ravenna once served as the seat of the R after it had fallen to the LombardsThe Lombards ( Latin Langobardi from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Scandinavia that entered the late Roman Empire. They were known to the Romans from as early as AD 98, when the in 733. However he also sought to fortify Rome and seek alliance with opponents of the Lombard monarch LiutprandLiutprand Liudprand Luitprand (c. 922- 972), Italian historian and author, bishop of Cremona, was born towards the beginning of the 10th century, of a good Lombard family. In 931 he entered the service of King Hugo of Italy as page; he afterwards rose to and then from the Franks. He sent embassies to Charles Martel, who made no response, having his own priorities. Gregory promoted the Church in northern Europe - such as the missions of Saint Boniface in Germany and Wilibald in Bohemia. He also bestowed palliums on Egbert of York and Tatwine , Archbishop of Canterbury. Beautified Rome and supported monasticism.

Feast day 28 November.

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