Leo I (the Great), Pope

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• Pope St. Leo I (The Great) —     Pope St. Leo I (the Great)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Leo I (the Great)     (Reigned 440 61).     Place and date of birth unknown; died 10 November, 461. Leo s pontificate, next to that of St. Gregory I, is the most significant… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Leo I the Great —    Pope (q.v.) from 440 461; greatest pope of the fifth century. He championed Orthodox (q.v.) opposition to Nestorianism (q.v.) and defended papal primacy (q.v.). The force of his personality and diplomatic skills were evident at the Council of… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium

• Pope St. Gregory I (the Great) —     Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great )     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great )     Doctor of the Church; born at Rome about 540; died 12 March 604. Gregory     is certainly one of the most notable figures in Ecclesiastical… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Gregory the Great, (Pope) (St.) — (c. 540, Rome – 12 March 604, Rome)    Pope from 590, St. Gregory reformed the liturgy by importing certain Byzantine practices such as singing the Kyrie and Alleluias outside the Easter season. He may have founded or reorganized the Roman Schola …   Historical dictionary of sacred music

• Leo III, the Isaurian — (c. 680 741)    Byzantine emperor (r. 717 741) and founder of a dynasty whose religious policy caused great dissension in the empire. His policy, known as iconoclasm, contributed to a growing schism between the church in Rome and the church in… …   Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe

• The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila — Infobox Painting| title=The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila image size=450px artist=Raphael year=1514 type=Fresco height=? width=750 city=Vatican City museum=Apostolic Palace The Meeting of Leo I and Attila is a fresco by the Italian… …   Wikipedia

• Leo the Great — noun Italian pope from 440 to 461 who extended the authority of the papacy to the west and persuaded Attila not to attack Rome (440 461) • Syn: ↑Leo I, ↑St. Leo I • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pope, ↑Catholic Pope, ↑Roman Catholic Pope, ↑pontiff, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Leo VI the Wise — This article is about the Byzantine Emperor. There is also an article on Pope Leo VI Leo VI the Wise or the Philosopher (Greek: Λέων ΣΤ΄, Leōn VI ), (September 19, 866 ndash; May 11, 912) was Byzantine emperor from 886 to 912 during one of the… …   Wikipedia

• St. Gregory the Great —     Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great )     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great )     Doctor of the Church; born at Rome about 540; died 12 March 604. Gregory     is certainly one of the most notable figures in Ecclesiastical… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• List of people known as The Great — This is a list of people whose names in English are commonly appended with the phrase the Great , or who were called that or an equivalent phrase in their own language. Other languages have their own suffixes such as e Bozorg and e azam in… …   Wikipedia