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Pepin III
Pepin III (or more correctly Pippin) III (714–68), Frankish King. A son of Charles Martel, he succeeded to his father's office as Mayor of the Palace of the Frankish kingdom. With the assent of Pope Zacharias, he was elected King by the nobles in 751 in place of the nominal Merovingian King and anointed by Frankish bishops. In 754 the ceremony was repeated by Stephen II (III), for whom Pepin promised to win back the exarchate of Ravenna and the rights and territories of the Roman republic. Having defeated the Lombards in 754 and 756, Pepin fulfilled his promise by giving the Pope the territories specified in the (no longer extant) ‘Donation of Pepin’. Throughout his reign, in collaboration with Bp. Chrodegang of Metz, he took an active part in furthering the ecclesiastical reforms begun by St Boniface. He was succeeded by Charlemagne. See also PATRIMONY OF ST PETER.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Pepin III." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Pepin III." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-PepinIII.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Pepin III." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-PepinIII.html |
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Pepin III
Pepin III ( the Short) (c.714–68) First Carolingian king of the Franks (750–68). In 750, he deposed the last Merovingian king, Childeric III, and defeated the Lombards in 754 and 756. He ceded the conquered territories (the future Papal States) to the papacy in what was known as the Donation of Pepin. He was suceeded by his son Charlemagne.
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"Pepin III." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Pepin III." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-PepinIII.html "Pepin III." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-PepinIII.html |
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