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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 11, 13 March 1902, Page 15

St. Zacharias, who was Pope from 741 to 752, was born in Syria. He was a canon regular, Benedictine, successor of Gregory 111. He became the umpire of princes and sovereigns, succeeded in conciliating the Lombards, and saved the Roman Duchy from their further invasions. By a visit to King Luitprand, he obtained peace for the Exarch of Ravenna and the restoration of the oaptured town to the emperor. Upon Rachis, successor of Luitprand, the dignified appearance of the Pope made Buch an impression that the king relinquished, not only his conquests but also the world, and became a monk in the monastery of Monte Oassino. Pope Zacharias appointed Boniface Archbishop of Mentz and Primate of Germany. By order of the same Pope the saint, in 752, crowned Pepin the Short, king of the Franks.