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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. Leo was a Roman aristocrat.
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. [2] [3] The images of Saint Peter and Saint Paul appear in the sky bearing swords, and were said to have helped keep the king of the Huns ...
A window which had been boarded closed for the Conclave was opened, and Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (future Pope Paul III), who was now senior Cardinal Deacon in place of Medici, announced the election of Medici by his chosen papal name, Leo X. [23] Since Medici had only been ordained a deacon, it was necessary for him to be ordained a priest ...
In Rome, the pope appeared with increasing frequency in political negotiations; Pope Leo I negotiated with kings Attila of the Huns and Geiserich of the Vandals, and Pope Gelasius I with king Theodoric of the Ostrogoths. Cassiodorus, as praefectus praetorio under the Ostrogothic supremacy, entrusted the care of temporal affairs to Pope John II.
Pope Leo X with his cousins Giulio de' Medici (left, the future Pope Clement VII) and Luigi de' Rossi (right), whom he appointed as cardinal-nephews. From the election of Pope Martin V of the Council of Constance in 1417 to the Reformation, Western Christianity was largely free from schism as well as significant disputed papal claimants. Martin ...
Pope Leo I protested against the inclusion of this canon and refused to sign agreement to it. The Catholic encyclopaedia says "In reply Pope Leo protested most energetically against canon xxviii and declared it null and void as being against the prerogatives of Bishops of Alexandria and Antioch, and against the decrees of the Council of Nicaea.
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said on Saturday the pope had picked up on the term "white flag" and used it "to indicate a stop to hostilities (and) a truce achieved with the courage of negotiations".
Leo's Tome was a document sent by Pope Leo I to Flavian of Constantinople, [1] explaining the position of the Papacy in matters of Christology. The text confesses that Christ has two natures, both fully human and fully divine. [ 2 ]