On This Day 28 November

Pope Gregory III 

(Latin: Gregorius III; died 28 November 741) was Pope from 11 February 731 to his death in 741.^[2]His pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was disturbed by the iconoclastic controversy in the Byzantine Empire, and by the ongoing advance of the Lombards, in which he invoked the intervention of Charles Martel, although ultimately in vain. He was the 5th Syrian pope and the 10th and last pope born outside of Europe for 1,272 years, until the election of Pope Francis in 2013.

Papacy began	11 February 731
Papacy ended	28 November 741
Predecessor	Gregory II
Successor	Zachary
Orders
Created cardinal	726 by Gregory II
Personal details
Birth name	Gregorius
Born	Syria[1]
Died	28 November 741 Rome, Exarchate of Ravenna
Previous post	Cardinal-Deacon (726-31)