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  2. Apr 17, 2024 · Benedict III (born, Rome—died April 17, 858, Rome) was the pope from 855 to 858, who was chosen as successor to Leo IV in July 855. The election was not immediately confirmed by the Holy Roman emperor Louis II the Bavarian, who set up Anastasius the Librarian as antipope .

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  3. Apr 30, 2024 · Its history dates back to the time of Charlemagne, when Pope Leo IV donated this land to the Frankish king on the occasion of his imperial coronation in Rome at Christmas 800.

  4. 4 days ago · The last person elected as pope who was not already an ordained priest or deacon was the cardinal-deacon Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, elected as Pope Leo X in 1513. His successor, Pope Adrian VI, was the last to be elected (1522) in absentia.

  5. 2 days ago · Later, in 808, Pope Leo III helped restore King Eardwulf of Northumbria to his throne; and in 859, Pope Leo IV confirmed and anointed Alfred the Great king, according to Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Individual Benedictines seemed to play an important role throughout this period.

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  6. Apr 25, 2024 · Then incorporated into the Vatican walls built by Pope Leo IV, Castel Sant'Angelo became an impregnable stronghold for almost five centuries and in 1527 Pope Clement VII took refuge there to escape the landsknechts during the sack of Rome. It was then in the nineteenth century that the castle began to be used exclusively as a political prison.

  7. 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.

  8. Apr 22, 2024 · The church contains pieces from the fourth century, although the structure was rebuilt as an abbey by Pope St. Leo IV (847-855). All but the apse was burned in the 1084 Norman sack of Rome. The complex also includes a medieval cloister and garden, as well as beautiful 13th century frescoes in the Chapel of St. Sylvester.

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