"Leo the Great" redirects here. For the emperor, see Leo I (emperor).
Pope Saint
Leo I
Bishop of Rome
Miniature which depicts Leo I, contained in the Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000 AD, Vatican Library)
Church
Catholic Church
Papacy began
29 September 440
Papacy ended
10 November 461
Predecessor
Sixtus III
Successor
Hilarius
Personal details
Born
Leo
c. 400 AD
Tuscany, Western Roman Empire
Died
(461-11-10)10 November 461 (aged 60 – 61) Rome, Western Roman Empire
Sainthood
Feast day
10 November
11 April (pre-1969 calendar)
18 February (Eastern Orthodoxy)
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Anglican Communion
Attributes
Papal vestments
Papal tiara
Staff
Theological work
Era
Post-Nicene
Language
Latin
Tradition or movement
Chalcedonism
Main interests
Christology
Notable ideas
Chalcedonian Definition
Other popes named Leo
Pope Leo I (c. 400 – 10 November 461), also known as Leo the Great,[1] or Leo the Apostolic,[2] was Bishop of Rome[3] from 29 September 440 until his death.
Leo was a Roman aristocrat, and was the first pope to have been called "the Great". He is perhaps best known for having met Attila the Hun in 452 and persuading him to turn back from his invasion of Italy. He is also a Doctor of the Church, most remembered theologically for issuing the Tome of Leo, a document which was a major foundation to the debates of the Council of Chalcedon, the fourth ecumenical council. That meeting dealt primarily with Christology and elucidated the orthodox definition of Christ's being as the hypostatic union of two natures, divine and human, united in one person, "with neither confusion nor division". It was followed by a major schism associated with Monophysitism, Miaphysitism and Dyophysitism.[4] He also contributed significantly to developing ideas of papal authority.
^"Святитель Лев I, папа Римский". azbyka.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-04-10.
^Sarkissian, Karekin (1965). The Council of Chalcedon and the Armenian Church (2nd ed.). New York.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^"Martyrologium Romanum - November". www.liturgialatina.org. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
^Davis, SJ, Leo Donald (1990). The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325–787): Their History and Theology (Theology and Life Series 21). Collegeville, MN: Michael Glazier/Liturgical Press. pp. 342. ISBN 978-0-8146-5616-7.
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