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Pope St. Leo I (the Great)

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(Reigned 440-61).

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. At a time when the Church was experiencing the greatest obstacles to her progress in consequence of the hastening disintegration of the Western Empire, while the Orient was profoundly agitated over dogmatic controversies, this great pope, with far-seeing sagacity and powerful hand, guided the destiny of the Roman and Universal Church. According to the "Liber Pontificalis" (ed. Mommsen, I, 101 sqq., ed. Duchesne, I, 238 sqq.), Leo was a native of Tuscany and his father's name was Quintianus. Our earliest certain historical information about Leo reveals him a deacon of the Roman Church under Pope Celestine I (422-32). Even during this period he was known

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Leo I

Birth name	Leo
Papacy began	September 29, 440
Papacy ended	November 10, 461
Predecessor	Sixtus III
Successor	Hilarius
Born	400 Tuscany, Italy
Died	November 10 461 Rome, Italy
Other popes named Leo

Pope Leo I, or Leo the Great, was pope of the Roman Catholic Church from September 29, 440 to November 10, 461. He was a Roman aristocrat and the first Pope of the Roman Catholic Church to whom the title "the Great" was attached. He is perhaps best known for having met Attila the Hun outside Rome in 452, in an attempt to persuade the king not to sack the city. Since Attila withdrew his attack, Leo has traditionally been credited with saving Rome. He was made a Doctor of the Church in 1754. A leading figure in the centralization of the organization of the Roman Catholic Church, he was probably the first pope to advocate the supremacy of the see of Rome. As the Roman Empire fell apart, he positioned the papacy to emerge as the dominant authority. His papacy was a time of Christological debate and his own doctrinal fo

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Leo I (emperor)

Not to be confused with Pope Leo I.

Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474

Leo I (Ancient Greek: Λέων, romanized: Leōn; c. 401 – 18 January 474), also known as "the Thracian" (Latin: Thrax; Ancient Greek: ὁ Θρᾷξ),^[c] was Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474. He was a native of Dacia Aureliana near historic Thrace. He is sometimes surnamed with the epithet "the Great" (Latin: Magnus; Ancient Greek: ὁ Μέγας), probably to distinguish him from his young grandson and co-augustusLeo II (Ancient Greek: ὁ Μικρός, romanized: ho Mikrós, lit. 'the Small').^[d]

During his 17-year rule, he oversaw a number of ambitious political and military plans, aimed mostly at aiding the faltering Western Roman Empire and recovering its former territories. He is notable for being the first Eastern Emperor to legislate in Koine Greek rather than Late Latin.^[10] He is commemorated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with his feast day on 20 January.^[11]^[12]

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