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   Pope Leo I (c. 400 – 10 November 461), also known as Leo the Great, was Bishop of Rome from 29 September 440 until his death. Leo was a Roman aristocrat , and was the first pope to have been called "the Great".

   • Papacy began: 29 September 440
   • Church: Catholic Church

   • Papacy ended: 10 November 461
   • Successor: Hilarius

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   Mar 21, 2024 · 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. His pontificate—which saw the disintegration of the Roman Empire in the West and the formation in the East of ...

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   1 day ago · A Pope of firsts. Leo’s pontificate was marked by a number of firsts: He was the first Pope named Leo, and the first Pope to be remembered as “the Great” (later, Gregory I and Nicholas I would also be accorded the honour). Leo is also the first Pope whose sermons have come down to us.

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   6 days ago · Pope St. Leo the Great. 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 ...

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   Leo I. 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 ...

   • Posthumous style: Saint
   • Religious style: Holy Father

   • Reference style: His Holiness
   • Spoken style: Your Holiness

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   Who was Saint Leo I?

   • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Melissa Petruzzello. Saint Leo I, pope from 440 to 461, master exponent of papal supremacy. His pontificate was devoted to safeguarding orthodoxy and to securing the unity of the Western church under papal supremacy.

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   What did Pope Leo do?

   • The life of Leo, however, was not concerned solely with secular affairs, and the pursuit of worldly peace. Within the Church, Pope Leo was dedicated to the preservation of the teachings handed down once for all from the Apostles. His greatest triumph was the Ecumenical Council, promoted by him, which was held in Chalcedon (modern Kadiköy, Turkey).

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   What did Pope Leo say about the Catholic Church?

   • The new pope set himself to make the Roman church a pattern for all other churches. In the ninety-six sermons which have come down to us, we find Leo stressing the virtues of almsgiving, fasting, and prayer, and also expounding Catholic doctrine with clarity and conciseness, in particular the dogma of the Incarnation.

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   What did Leo say about papal power?

   • Leo’s 432 letters and 96 sermons expound his precept of papal primacy in church jurisdiction. He held that papal power was granted by Christ to St. Peter alone, and that that power was passed on by Peter to his successors.

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9. www.christianitytoday.com › rulers › leo-iLeo I | Christian History | Christianity Today

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   Leo I dies. 498. Baptism of Clovis. His succession to the papacy came "as a matter of course." In his elevation address, he sounded a major theme of his reign: the primacy of the "Chair of Peter ...

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    Nov 10, 2023 · 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 ...