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Pope Leo I

Entity ID:

leo-the-great

Long Name:

Léon, Charles (1806-1881)

Short Name:

Pope Leo I

Disambiguation String:

Pope Leo I

Entity Type:

person

Entity Subtype:

author

Wikipedia

Summary:

Pope Leo I (c. 400 – 10 November 461), also known as Saint Leo the Great, reigned from 29 September 440 to his death in 461.

He was an Italian 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 foundational to the debates of the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon. The Council of Chalcedon, the fourth ecumenical council, 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.

Viaf ID:

9875336

DB Pedia ID:

Charles_Léon

Biblical Status:

Not Biblical

Is An Individual:

Yes

Is Published:

Yes

Birth Date:

December 13, 1806

Death Date:

April 14, 1881

Occupation:

Pope Leo I

Nationality:

Italian

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