Pope-elect Stephen

Pope-elect Stephen

Stephen was a priest of Rome elected Pope in March 752 to succeed Pope Zachary; he died of a stroke a few days later, before being ordained a bishop. He was a cardinal presbyter, with the titulus of San Crisogono (the same titulus as Cardinal Frederick of Lorraine, later Pope Stephen IX), chosen by Pope Zachary in 745.

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    “Two voices are there: one is of the deep;
    It learns the storm-cloud’s thunderous melody,”
    —James Kenneth Stephen (1859–1892)