Peter's Rock in Mohammed's Flood, from St. Gregory the Great to St. Leo III

by T. W. Allies

and the unjealous unity of the Papal and the episcopal authority, [324];

he rejects Leo's attack on the faith, but maintains allegiance, [328];

causes king Liutprand to retire from before Rome, [329];

Baronius esteems Pope Gregory II. as equal to St. Gregory the Great, [332];

he dies in February, 731.

Gregory III., Pope, elected in 731,

his character in Anastasius, [332], [343];

holds a Council at Rome proscribing the Iconoclast heresy, [334];

is deprived by Leo III. of the patrimonies in Leo's realm, and of his spiritual jurisdiction in ten provinces, [336];

keeps king Liutprand at hay from Rome, [339];