Pape Leo I
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![]() Saint Leo Magnus bi Francisco Herrera the Younger, in the Prado Museum, Madrid. | |
Installed | 29 September 440 |
Term endit | 10 November 461 |
Predecessor | Sixtus III |
Successor | Hilarius |
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Birth name | Leo |
Born | c. 400 AD Tuscany, Wastren Roman Empire |
Deed | Roum, Wastren Roman Empire | 10 November 461
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Ither papes named Leo |
Pape Saint Leo I (c. 400 – 10 November 461), kent as Saunt Leo the Great an aw, wis Pape frae 29 September 440 an dee'd in 461. Pape Benedict XVI said that Leo's papacy "...wis undoubtedly ane of the maist important in the Kirk's history."[1] [2]
References
- ↑ Pope Benedict XVI, "Saint Leo the Great", General Audience, 5 March 2008, Libreria Editrice Vaticana
- ↑ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09154b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia on Pope St. Leo I (the Great)