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Encyclopedia > Pope Leo III

Infobox Pope| English name=Leo III| image= | birth_name=Unknown| term_start=December 27, 795 | term_end=June 12, 816| predecessor=Adrian I| successor=Stephen IV| birth_date=Date of birth unknown| birthplace=Rome, Italy| dead=dead|death_date=June 12, 816| deathplace=Place of death unknown| other=Leo}} Image File history File links Leo_III_Mosaic. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... Events Leo III becomes pope Earliest recorded Viking raid on Ireland. ... is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Frankish king Louis the Pious crowned emperor. ... Adrian, or Hadrian I, (died December 25, 795) was pope from 772 to 795. ... Stephen IV, (720 – January 24, 772), pope August 1, 768 – January 24, 772, was a native of Sicily. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Frankish king Louis the Pious crowned emperor. ...


Pope Leo III (died June 12, 816) was Pope from 795 to 816. is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Frankish king Louis the Pious crowned emperor. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      The Pope (from Latin...


Leo announced his election to Charlemagne, sending him the keys of Saint Peter's tomb and the banner of Rome, requesting an envoy. Charlemagne in his reply stated that it was his function to defend the church and the popes' to pray for the realm and for victory of the army. Charlemagne (left) and Pippin the Hunchback. ... On December 23, 1950, in his pre-Christmas broadcast on radio, Pope Pius XII announced the discovery of Saint Peters tomb far below the high altar of St. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ...


Leo, coming from a common-folk background, aroused the hostility of Rome's nobility, who saw the papal post as reserved for noble candidates. During his rule he was accused of adultery and perjury. In April 799 he was attacked by a gang, who attempted to gouge out his eyes and cut off his tongue for his earlier actions. He was then formally deposed and sent to a monastery, but escaped and made his way to Charlemagne, who escorted him back to Rome under royal protection. On Christmas Day, Leo placed the imperial crown on Charlemagne's head, resurrecting the office of Holy Roman Emperor (HRE).


Charlemagne went to Rome in November 800, and on December 1 held a council there with representatives of both sides. Leo, on December 23, took an oath of purgation concerning the charges brought against him, and his opponents were exiled. Two days later Leo crowned Charlemagne after the latter prayed at St. Peter's tomb. Charlemagne was to intervene in church affairs, not always being successful. is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Antejuramentum, and præjuramentum, historically called juramentum calumniæ (literally, oath to accuse falsely), is an oath which both the accuser and accused were obliged to make before any trial or purgation. ...


Leo helped restore King Eardwulf of Northumbria, and settled various matters of dispute between the Archbishops of York and Canterbury. He also reversed the decision of his predecessor in regards to the granting of the pallium to the bishop of Lichfield, Higbert. He believed that the English episcopate had been misrepresented before Hadrian and that therefore his act was invalid. In 803, Lichfield was a regular diocese again. Eardwulf was king of Northumbria from 796 to 806, and perhaps from 808 to 811 or 812, although his second reign is not recorded in any surviving sources. ... Arms of the Archbishop of York The Archbishop of York, Primate of England, is the metropolitan bishop of the Province of York, and is the junior of the two archbishops of the Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury. ... The Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England, recognized by convention as the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... now. ... Arms of the Bishop of Lichfield The Bishop of Lichfield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. ... Higbert (also spelled Hygberht or Hygeberht) (d. ...


Leo forbade the addition of "filioque" to Nicene Creed which was added by Franks in Aachen in 809. He also ordered that the Nicene creed be engraved on silver tablets so that his conclusion might not be overturned in the future. He wrote «HAEC LEO POSUI AMORE ET CAUTELA ORTHODOXAE FIDEI» (I, Leo, put here for love and protection of orthodox faith)(VITA LEONIS, LIBER PONTIFICALIS (Ed.Duchene, TII, p.26) Icon depicting the Holy Fathers of the First Council of Nicaea holding the Nicene Creed. ... Oche redirects here; in darts the oche is the line from which players must throw. ...


The reasons for the coronation, the involvement beforehand of the Frankish court, and the relationship to the Byzantine Empire are all matters of debate among historians. An effective administrator of the papal territories, Leo contributed to the beautification of Rome. Statue of Charlemagne (also called Karl der Große, Charles the Great) in Frankfurt, Germany. ... Byzantine redirects here. ...


His feast day, formerly, was June 12. The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Preceded by
Adrian I
Pope
795–816
Succeeded by
Stephen IV

Papal Arms of Pope Benedict XVI. The papal tiara was replaced with a bishops mitre, and pallium of the Pope was added beneath the coat of arms. ...

External links

  • Translation of Einhard's Life of Charlemagne (c. 817-830, translated in 1880)

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Leo III (513 words)
Leo III, the Isaurian, Byzantine emperor 717-741 was born about 680 in the Syrian province of Commagene.
In Italy the defiant attitude of Popes Gregory II and III on behalf of image-worship led to a fierce quarrel with the emperor.
The former summoned councils in Rome to anathematize and excommunicate the iconoclasts (730, 732); Leo retaliated by transferring southern Italy and Greece from the papal diocese to that of the patriarch.
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Leo was a Roman, the son of Atyuppius and Elizabeth.
The pope replied, not merely with words of praise and encouragement, but also by the dispatch of rich presents; and, after Michael I came to the Byzantine throne, he ratified the treaty between him and Charlemagne which was to secure peace for East and West.
Leo III was buried in St. Peter's (12 June, 816), where his relics are to be found along with those of Sts.
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