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

by T. W. Allies

first of the four great Carlovingians, [496].

Pipin, the king, invites Pope Zacharias to sanction his assumption of the royal title, [351];

elected king of the Franks at Soissons in 752, [351];

meets Pope Stephen II. at Poutigny in 754, [357];

promises to restore to the Pope the Lombard captures, [359];

crowned by Pope Stephen II. in St. Denys', [360];

forces king Aistulf to yield at Pavia, [360];

called upon by Pope Stephen II. in the name of St. Peter, [362];

relieves Rome by taking Pavia, [363];

lays the keys of the surrendered cities on the tomb of the Prince of the Apostles, [364];