# Pope Stephen III - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-stephen-iii
Pontificate: 7 August 768 – 24 January 772
Number in the papal list: 94
Born-Died: c. 720 - 772
Papal era: Frankish Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Stephen_III

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

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