George (died 739) was the duke of Naples for a decade beginning in 729. George succeeded Theodore I and continued his prudent policy of balancing between the

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

and the

papacy The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...

, at that time embroiled in a conflict over the

iconoclastic controversy The Byzantine Iconoclasm ( gr, Εικονομαχία, Eikonomachía, lit=image struggle', 'war on icons) were two periods in the history of the Byzantine Empire when the use of religious images or icons was opposed by religious and imperial au ...

. He was succeeded by Gregory I. An ancient monument, dedicated to George, can be found to this day at

Terracina Terracina is an Italian city and ''comune'' of the province of Latina, located on the coast southeast of Rome on the Via Appia ( by rail). The site has been continuously occupied since antiquity. History Ancient times Terracina appears in anci ...

Sources

*Gay, Jules. ''L'Italie méridionale et l'empire Byzantin: Livre I''. Burt Franklin: New York, 1904. 739 deaths 8th-century dukes of Naples Year of birth unknown {{Italy-noble-stub