|Pope Saint Gregory II| |Papacy began||19 May 715| |Papacy
ended||11 February 731| |Birth name||Gregorius Sabellus| Rome,
Exarchate of Ravenna |Died||11 February 731 Rome, Exarchate of
Ravenna |Papal styles of Pope Gregory II |Reference style||His
Holiness| |Spoken style||Your Holiness| |Religious style||Holy
Father| Pope Gregory II (Latin: Gregorius PP. II, Italian:
Gregorio II; 669 – 11 February 731) was pope from 19 May 715 to
his death on 11 February 731. His defiance of the Byzantine
emperor Leo III the Isaurian as a result of the 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 popes. Early life
Born into a noble Roman family in the year 669, Gregory was the
son of Marcellus and Honesta. As a young man, he was placed into
the papal court, and was made a subdeacon and sacellarius (or
treasurer) of the Roman See during the pontificate of Pope
Sergius I (687 – 701). Lat