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Pope Agatho (678-681) a Greek Sicilian, started a nearly unbroken succession of Eastern pontiffs spanning the next three quarters of a century.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Papacy#cite_note-e199-36http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Papacy#cite_note-37 The Third Council of Constantinople and the Greek Popes ushered in a new era in relations between the eastern and western parts of the empire.
After Pope Zachary (who was of Greek extraction too) a Roman priest named Stephen was elected and became Pope Stephen II thus ending the Greek domination of the Papacy...
WI Greeks continued to dominate Papacy after 752 AD? Would Charlemagne had any chances to be crowned as Emperor? How is a Greek Papacy affects Europe and its politics?