ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 1st of August STEPHEN IV., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index (Also known as Stephen III.) Stephen IV, Pope, was born about 720; died August 1, 772. Paul I was not dead when trouble began about the election of his successor. Toto of Nepi with a body of Tuscans burst into Rome, and, despite the opposition of the primicerius Christopher, forcibly intruded his brother Constantine, a layman, into the chair of Peter (June, 767). In the spring of 768, however, Christopher and his son Sergius contrived to escape from the city, and with the aid of the Lombards deposed the usurper. They were also able to overthrow the monk Philip, whom some of their Lombard allies had clandestinely elected pope. By their efforts Stephen, a Sicilian, the son of Olivus, was at length canonically elected and consecrated (August 7, 768). He had been a Benedictine monk, and had been ordained priest by Pope Zachary. After his consecration the...