ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 10th of December WELCOME! SAINT GREGORY III., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index (He reigned from 731 to 741.) Pope Saint Gregory III was the son of a Syrian named John. The date of his birth is not known. His reputation for learning and virtue was so great that the Romans elected him pope by acclamation, when he was accompanying the funeral procession of his predecessor, February, 731. As he was not consecrated for more than a month after his election, it is presumed that he waited for the confirmation of his election by the exarch at Ravenna. THE ISSUE OF ICONOCLASM In the matter of Iconoclasm, he followed the policy of his predecessor. He sent legates and letters to remonstrate with the persecuting emperor, Leo III, and held two synods in Rome (731) in which the image-breaking heresy was condemned. HE MADE IT A POINT OF PAYING SPECIAL HONOUR TO IMAGES By way of a practical protest against the e...