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Saint Leo the Great, also known as Pope Saint Leo I, was born into a Roman aristocratic family. His response to the call of the Lord transformed him into one of the greatest popes of Christian history.
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".
St. Leo the Great, Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. The pontificate of Pope Leo I spanned the middle of the fifth century (440-461). It was an era marked by great disturbances, in the world and in the Church.
St. Leo I (born 4th century, Tuscany?—died November 10, 461, Rome; Western feast day November 10 ( [formerly April 11]), Eastern feast day February 18) was the pope from 440 to 461, and a master exponent of papal supremacy.
Saints. St. Leo the Great. Share. Place and date of birth unknown; died 10 November, 461. Leo's pontificate, next to that of St. Gregory I, is the most significant and important in Christian antiquity.
Pope Leo I, who was the first pope to be remembered posthumously as “the great,” began his papacy in 440 and served until his death in 461. During his pontificate, he worked to clarify doctrines related to Christ’s human and divine natures.
Nov. 10 is the Roman Catholic Church’s liturgical memorial of the fifth-century Pope Saint Leo I, known as “St. Leo the Great,” whose involvement in the fourth ecumenical council helped...
Pope St. Leo the Great. The great Pope St. Leo did not back down from any challenge to the faith of the Church—he guided our understanding of Jesus’ human and divine natures at a critical moment in history, and even faced down Attila the Hun in person.
LEO THE GREAT POPE, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH 461. Feast: April 11. During the disintegration of the Western Empire, when heresy was rife and all moral values were threatened by the barbarian invasions, Pope Leo I stands out as the resolute champion of the faith.
Pope Leo—whose feast day was celebrated last weekend—took on just about every major heresy of his time, established the dogmas of Christ as being fully man and fully God, asserted the primary of the papacy, and staved off a barbarian invasion of Rome.