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  2. Pope Leo I - Wikipedia

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    Chalcedonian Definition. Other popes named Leo. 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. Leo was a Roman aristocrat, and was the first pope to have been called "the Great".

  3. Pope Leo III - Wikipedia

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    Pope Leo III (Latin: Leo III; died 12 June 816) was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 26 December 795 to his death. Protected by Charlemagne from the supporters of his predecessor, Adrian I, Leo subsequently strengthened Charlemagne's position by crowning him emperor. The coronation was not approved by most people in ...

  4. Pope Leo XIII - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Pope Leo XIII. Pope Leo XIII (Italian: Leone XIII; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; [ b ] 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 until his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the oldest pope whose age can be validated, and had the fourth-longest reign of ...

  5. Calendar of saints - Wikipedia

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    A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.

  6. Pope Leo IX - Wikipedia

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    Pope Leo IX. 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 ...

  7. Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite - Wikipedia

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    e. The ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite is a regulation for the liturgy of the Roman Catholic church. It determines for each liturgical day which observance has priority when liturgical dates and times coincide (or "occur"), which texts are used for the celebration of the Holy Mass and the Liturgy of the hours and which liturgical ...

  8. Frances Xavier Cabrini - Wikipedia

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    In the Roman Martyrology, her feast day is December 22, the anniversary of her death, the day ordinarily chosen as a saint's feast day. [21] Following the reforms in Pope John XXIII 's Code of Rubrics , the United States since 1961 has celebrated Cabrini's feast on November 13, the anniversary of her beatification, to avoid conflicting with the ...

  9. Peter Damian - Wikipedia

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    Veneration. Peter Damian is venerated as a saint and was made a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XII on 27 September 1828 with a feast day which is now celebrated on 21 February (Ordinary calendar). [9] In 1970, his feast was moved there from its prior date of 23 February. His body has been moved six times.