Quotes:Zacharias, Pope

Zirkoff, Boris

Zacharias, Saint (or Zachary). Pope from 741 to 752. Greek by birth; appears to have been on intimate terms with Gregory III, whom he succeeded. Contemporary history dwells chiefly on his great personal influence with the Lombard king Luitprand, and his successor Rachis, which resulted in the exarchate of Ravenna being rescued from becoming part of the Lombard kingdom. His correspondence with St. Boniface, the apostle of Germany, is still extant. Zacharias encouraged the deposition of Childeric, and it was with his sanction that Boniface crowned Pippin as king of the Franks at Soissons, 752. He died March 14, 752, and was succeeded by Stephen II. His letters and decrees may be found in Migne, Patrolog. lat., Ixxxix, p. 917-60.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 10, p. 428