predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place image_size name birth_date term_start image article_title term_end birth_name type
zachary paul i 757 4 26 y rome rome , papal states 220px stephen ii 715 -lsb- '' citation needed '' -rsb- 26 march 752 la_donacion_de_pipino_el_breve_al_papa_esteban_ii . jpg pope stephen ii
 26 april 757 ??? pope
pope stephen ii

`` in sources prior to the 1960s , this pope is sometimes called `` stephen iii '' and pope-elect stephen is sometimes called `` stephen ii '' .
see pope-elect stephen for a detailed explanation . ''
pope stephen ii -lrb- -lrb- or iii -rrb- ; 715 -lsb- -rsb- -- 26 april 757 -rrb- was pope from 26 march 752 to his death in 757 .
he succeeded pope zachary following the death of pope-elect stephen -lrb- sometimes called stephen ii -rrb- .
stephen ii marks the historical delineation between the byzantine papacy and the frankish papacy .
