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Saint Leo IV

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Leo IV d. 855, pope (847-55), a Roman; successor of Sergius II. He had seen the Saracen attack on Rome (846), and to prevent its recurrence he fortified the city and its suburbs. He built a wall around the Vatican, established and fortified the part of Rome still called the Leonine City, and rebuilt churches. He crowned Louis II Holy Roman emperor. Leo was succeeded by Benedict III. Feast: July 17. ... Read more
Saint Leo III
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...hoped to render him unfit for the papacy. Leo recovered and fled (799) to Charlemagne...Rome and conducted a trial during which Leo successfully defended himself against...by his enemies. On Christmas day, 800, Leo crowned Charlemagne emperor, the event...the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire. ... Read more
Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Roman Catholic Church, and founder of the system declared by Pope Leo XIII (in the encyclical Aeterni Patris, 1879) to be the official...the feast of Corpus Christi (June 21), which he wrote at Urban IV's request (1264). The four hymns of this Mass and office, Laude... Read more

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