See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

GREGORY II  ., See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope from 715 to 731, succeeded See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine I., whom he accompanied from See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople in 710 . See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory did all in his See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to promote the spread of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and gave See also:

• SPECIAL

special encouragement to the See also:

• MISSION

mission of St See also:

• BONIFACE (Bonifacius)
• BONIFACE, SAINT (680-754)

Boniface, whom he consecrated See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop in 722 . He was a staunch adherent of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, which still exercised See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty over See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, See also:

• RAVENNA
• RAVENNA, EXARCHATE OF

Ravenna and some other parts of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and he impeded as far as possible the progress of the See also:

• LOMBARDS, or LANGOBARDI

Lombards . About 726, however, he became involved in a conflict with the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo the Isaurian on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the excessive See also:

• TAXATION
• TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the French, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)

taxation of the Italians, and, later, on the question of See also:

• IMAGE (Lat. imago, perhaps from the same root as imitari, copy, imitate)

image See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship, which had been proscribed by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of Constantinople . Leo endeavoured to rid himself of the pope by violence, but Gregory, supported by the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Rome and also by the Lombards, succeeded in eluding the emperor's attacks, and died peacefully on the I Ith of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 731 .