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Pope Leo I (c. 400 – 10 November 461), also known as Leo the Great, [1] was Bishop of Rome [2] from 29 September 440 until his death. He is the first of the three Popes listed in the Annuario Pontificio with the title "the Great", [ 3 ] alongside Popes Gregory I and Nicholas I .
Pope Leo IX (21 June 1002 – 19 April 1054), born Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 February 1049 to his death in 1054. [1] Leo IX is considered to be one of the most historically significant popes of the Middle Ages; he was instrumental in the precipitation of the Great ...
Pope Leo IV (died 17 July 855) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 10 April 847 to his death. He is remembered for repairing Roman churches that had been damaged during the Arab raid against Rome , and for building the Leonine Wall around Vatican Hill to protect the city.
Pope Leo I (the Great) 440 44 Pope Leo II: 682 45 Pope Leo III: 795 46 Pope Leo IV: 847 47 Pope Leo IX: 1049 Canonised in 1082 by Pope Gregory VII: 48 Pope Linus: 67 49 Pope Lucius I: 253 50 Pope Marcellinus: 296 51 Pope Marcellus I: 308 52 Pope Mark: 336 53 Pope Martin I: 649 54 Pope Miltiades: 311 55 Pope Nicholas I (the Great) 858 56 Pope ...
The price of the alliance was the marriage of Leo's daughter to Tarasicodissa, leader of the Isaurians, who, as Zeno, became emperor in 474. [8] In 469, Aspar attempted to assassinate Zeno [22] and very nearly succeeded. Finally, in 471, Aspar's son Ardabur was implicated in a plot against Leo but was killed by palace eunuchs acting on Leo's ...
The loss of a Hollywood great is never easy, but in certain cases, a star's passing comes long before it was their time to go. Talents like Amy Winehouse, Prince, Whitney Houston, Cory Monteith ...
A great white shark that washed ashore at a Cape Cod beach earlier this week is named Koala, and was known to local researchers, investigators said. Its cause of death is still a mystery, as a ...
The painting depicts the meeting between the Pope Leo I and Attila the Hun, which took place in 452 in northern Italy. [1] Initially, Raphael depicted Leo I with the face of Pope Julius II but after Julius' death, [1] Raphael changed the painting to resemble the new pope, Leo X. [2] Leo X appears both as cardinal and as pope.