Pope Leo I (c. 400 – 10 November 461), also known as Leo the Great, or Leo the Apostolic, was Bishop of Rome from 29 September 440 until his death. Leo...

Pope Leo XII (Italian: Leone XII), born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga (pronunciation; 2 August 1760 – 10 February...

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)...

Pope 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...

Pope Leo XIII (Italian: Leone XIII; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20...

Pope Leo X (Italian: Leone X; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 1475 – 1 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the...

Pope Leo VIII (c. 915 – 1 March 965) was a Roman prelate who claimed the Holy See from 963 until 964 in opposition to John XII and Benedict V and again...

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...

Clement II, Pope Damasus II, Pope Leo IX, Pope Victor II, and Pope Benedict XVI) 5 from the Byzantine Empire in modern-day Syria (Pope Anicetus, Pope John V...

Pope Leo XI (Italian: Leone XI; 2 June 1535 – 27 April 1605), born Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal...

Pope Leo V was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from July 903 to his death in February 904. He was pope immediately before the...

between the Pope Leo I and Attila the Hun, which took place in 452 in northern Italy. Initially, Raphael depicted Leo I with the face of Pope Julius II...

the high civilian officers Gennadius Avienus and Trigetius, as well as Pope Leo I, who met Attila at Mincio in the vicinity of Mantua and obtained from...

both Gaul and Spain. Hilarius was born in Sardinia. As archdeacon under Pope Leo I, he fought vigorously for the rights of the Roman See. In 449, Hilarius...

Pope Leo VII (died 13 July 939) was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from 3 January 936 to his death. Leo VII's election to the...

Pope Leo IV (790 – 17 July 855) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 10 April 847 to his death. He is remembered for repairing Roman...

(probably of the middle of the fifth century), and a dogmatic epistle of Pope Leo I, who declared in 446 that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both Father and...

Pope Leo II (c. 611 – 28 June 683) was the bishop of Rome from 17 August 682 to his death. He is one of the popes of the Byzantine Papacy. Described by...

Leo I may refer to: Pope Leo I (400–461), also known as Pope Saint Leo the Great Leo I (emperor), Roman emperor from 457 to 474 Leo I, Prince of Armenia...

Nestorian, and received the support of Dioscorus. In his famous Tome, Pope Leo I confirmed Flavian's theological position but as he concluded that Eutyches...

Pope Leo VI (880 – 12 February 929) was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States for just over seven months, from June 928 to his death...

Kelly, Leo. "Pope St. Deusdedit." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. April 2, 2016 Loughlin, James. "Pope St. Adrian...

Pope Benedict V (Latin: Benedictus V; died 4 July 965) was the pope and ruler of the Papal States from 22 May to 23 June 964, in opposition to Leo VIII...

Leo's Tome was a letter sent by Pope Leo I to Flavian of Constantinople, explaining the position of the Papacy in matters of Christology. The text confesses...

the reign of Pope Leo I (440–461), a reservation made official only in the 11th century. The earliest record of the use of the title of 'pope' was in regard...

St. Leo may refer to one of several saints named Leo, including: Pope Leo I (d. 461), pope and saint Pope Leo II (d. 683), pope and saint Pope Leo III...

He has not Himself abandoned the guardianship of His beloved flock. — Pope Leo I Orthodox historians also maintain that Rome's authority in the early Eastern...

addressed a letter to Pope Leo I, in which he explicitly mentioned him as a patriarch for the West (this is the first mention of a pope in this capacity)...

an anonymous medieval biography of Pope Leo I, Attila's march into Italy in 452 is stopped because, when he meets Leo outside Rome, the apostles Peter and...

statesman. He had served with distinction as chief advisor to Pope Leo X (1513–1521, his cousin), Pope Adrian VI (1522–1523), and commendably as gran maestro...