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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.
Elected by the people of Rome, in opposition to Leo VIII who was appointed by Emperor Otto; he accepted his own deposition in 964 leaving Leo VIII as the sole pope. 132 23 June 964 – 1 March 965 (251 days) Leo VIII LEO Octavus: Rome, Papal States Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. His pontificate from 963 to 964 is ...
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 ]
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.
Pope Leo was the name of thirteen Roman Catholic Popes: Pope Leo I (the Great) (440–461) Pope Leo II (682–683) Pope Leo III (795–816) Pope Leo IV (847–855)
The most recently reigning Pope to have been canonised was Pope John Paul II, whose cause for canonisation was opened in May 2005. John Paul II was beatified on 1 May 2011, by Pope Benedict XVI and later canonised, along with Pope John XXIII, by Pope Francis on 27 April 2014. [1] Pope Francis also canonised Pope Paul VI on 14 October 2018.
Leo I (or Leone) was archbishop of Ravenna from A.D. 770, following a disputed election, until his death in A.D. 777. Archbishop Leo played an important role in the arrest of Paul Afiarta and was the subject of letters from Pope Hadrian I to Charlemagne collected in the Codex Carolinus and dated from late 774.
Leo's legates protested but were ignored. [4] Dioscorus and his council proceeded to depose Theodoret and several other bishops. Pope Leo called the council a "robber synod". In the spring of 450 at Nicaea, Dioscorus, while on his way to the court, caused ten bishops whom he had brought from Egypt to sign a document excommunicating Pope Leo. [8]