The Cathedral of Saint Peter in Vatican, the epicentre of the Roman Catholic ... On December 3 or 5, 741, Zachary was chosen to succeed Pope Gregory III, becoming the latest in a long line of Greek ...

The imposing facade was built by Pope Eugene III (1145-1153). Among its great treasures is a ... During the pontificate of Pope St. Gregory the Great (590-604) a plague attacked the people of Rome and ...