Stephen turned to Pepin the Younger, the recently crowned King of the Franks (who had also recently defeated the Muslim Umayyad invasion of Gaul), and even traveled to Paris to plead for help in person against the surrounding Lombard and Muslim threats.
Estevo dirixiuse a Pipino, o recentemente coroado rei dos Francos (quen tamén derrotara recentemente aos musulmáns) e incluso viaxou a París para rogar axuda en persoa contra os lombardos e os musulmáns.