# Pope Stephen II - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-stephen-ii
Pontificate: 26 March 752 – 26 April 757
Number in the papal list: 92
Born-Died: c. 714 - 757
Papal era: Byzantine Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Stephen_II

(Eastern) Roman citizen, later the sovereign of the independent Papal States. Was of Roman ethnicity.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope-elect Stephen](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-elect-stephen)
- Next in list: [Pope Paul I](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-paul-i)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 754 - [Council of Hieria](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/754-council-of-hieria)
- 756 - [Donation of Pepin and the Papal States](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/756-donation-of-pepin-and-the-papal-states)