Pope Saint Zachary

Also known as

• Zacharias

Memorial

• 15 March

Profile

Son of Polichronius, but little else is known of his early life. Deacon. Advisor to Pope Gregory III. 91st pope. First pope after Saint Gregory the Great to not seek imperial confirmation on his election. Negotiated peace between the Lombards and Greek empire. Restored the Lateran palace and many churches around Rome. Encourged the missionary work of Saint Boniface, and appointed Saint Abel as archbishop of Rheims, France. When Venetian slavers bought slaves at Rome to sell to Saracens in Africa, Zachary bought them all so that Christians should not become the property of heathens. Translated the Dialogues of Gregory the Great into Greek. Many of his actions among the royal powers of the day continued to echo for centuries.

Born

• at Calabria, Italy
• Greek ancestry

Papal Ascension

• 5 December 741

Died

• 22 March 752 of natural causes
• buried at Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Name Meaning

• Yahweh remembers

Representation

• making peace with King Luitprand
• with a dove and olive branch over him representing peace

Storefront

• pendants and medals

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by J P Kirsch
• Dominican Adaptations from the Catalogus Hagiographicus OP
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Father Christian-Philippe Chanut
• Heiligen Lexikon
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Stadler’s Holy Lexikon
• Wikipedia
• Wikipedia -italiano
• Wikipedia -polski

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Zachary“. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 April 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>