March 752 A.D. Zachary Dies—Rome’s 92nd; Duchy of Rome on Verge of Lombard Incursion
March 752 A.D. Zachary Dies—Rome’s 92 nd ; Duchy of Rome on Verge of Lombard Incursion Kirsch, Johann Peter. "Pope St. Zachary." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15 . New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15743b.htm . Accessed 30 Jul 2014. Pope St. Zachary (ZACHARIAS.) Reigned 741-52. Year of birth unknown; died in March, 752. Zachary sprang from a Greek family living in Calabria; his father , according to the "Liber Pontificalis" , was called Polichronius. Most probably he was a deacon of the Roman Church and as such signed the decrees of the Roman council of 732. After the burial of his predecessor Gregory III on 29 November, 741, he was immediately and unanimously elected pope and consecrated and enthroned ...