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Gregory was acclaimed Pope pope by the crowds at his predecessor's funeral.

He was the last pope to seek the Byzantine Empire exarch's mandate. Gregory immediately appealed to the Byzantine Emperor Leo III to moderate his position on the iconoclastic controversy. When this elicited no response, Gregory called a [[synod]] in November 731, denouncing iconoclasm, and excommunicating destroyers of [[icons]]. When a messenger carrying the decrees reached the Emperoremperor, the latter decided to bring the Pope pope under control. This included appropriating papal territories, and transferring ecclesiastical jurisdictions to the [[Patriarch of Constantinople]].

Gregory's support of the empire led him to help contribute to the recapture of Ravenna after it had fallen to the Lombards in 733. However, he also sought to fortify Rome and seek alliance with opponents of the Lombard monarch Liutprand, King king of the Lombards , and then from the Franks. He sent embassies to Charles Martel, who made no response, having his own priorities.

Gregory promoted the Church in northern Europe - , such as the missions of Saint [[Boniface]] in Germany and Willibald in Bohemia. He also bestowed palliums [[pallium]]s on Egbert of York and Tatwine, [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. He also beautified Rome and supported [[monasticism]].

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