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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Leo I (The Great)
Leo at the same time ordered that a council of bishops belonging to the neighbouring provinces should be convened to institute a rigid enquiry, with the object of determining whether any of the bishops had become tainted with the poison of this heresy.
Leo was no less active in the spiritual elevation of the Roman congregations, and his sermons, of which ninety-six genuine examples have been preserved, are remarkable for their profundity, clearness of diction, and elevated style.
Leo died on 10 November, 461, and was buried in the vestibule of St. Peter's on the Vatican.
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 Zeno of the Byzantine Empire
Well-known as a warrior, Tarasicodissa caught the eye of the Emperor Leo I in the mid-460s, when Leo was searching for alternatives to using increasingly unreliable German and Alan mercenaries in his army.
Although designed by Leo to secure the Isaurian support against the aforementioned ambitious minister Aspar, this political arrangement brought them a son, who was a boy to became the emperor Leo II upon the death of his grandfather in 473.
Since Leo II was too young to rule himself, Ariadne and her mother Verina[?] prevailed upon Leo to crown Zeno as co-emperor, which he did on February 9, 474.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Leo I
Ariadne was born before Leo became emperor; a second daughter Leontia was born in 457, and an anonymous son died at age five months in 463.
Leo's early career was military, and he had reached the rank of tribune in the regiment of the Mattiarii by 457.
Leo's coronation on February 7, 457 is the first known involving the patriarch of Constantinople as well as the army and Senate.
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 Pope Leo I Summary
Leo's letter to the Gallic bishops was supported by an imperial rescript signed by both emperors, Theodosius II of the East and Valentinian III of the West.
Leo did not attempt to reach the speculative heights of Eastern theologies but rather set forth in direct and simple language what he believed to be the Catholic faith.
Leo's victory was mitigated, however, by the canons passed against the protest of the Roman delegates, for three canons dealt with the privileges of Constantinople.
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 St. Leo the Great
Leo forcefully reiterated the teaching of the Church on the mystery of the Incarnation.
Leo wrote letters unceasingly, and the 140 of them that we have are classed among the basic dogmatic writings of the Church.
The Emperor in the west was weak and ineffectual against the onslaughts of barbarian invasions.
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 Glycerius
Glycerius held the rank of Count of the Domestics at the Imperial court in Ravenna when he was raised to the Imperial purple by the western empire's new Magister militum (or Master of Soldiers), the Burgundian Gundobad[?], on or around March 3, 473.
However successful he might have been, however, Leo was unwilling to tolerate his presence on the western throne, and appointed his relative Julius Nepos to that position.
Perhaps as a reward for his cooperation, Nepos granted the deposed emperor with the bisphoric of Salona[?], in Nepos' homeland of Dalmatia.
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 Saint Leo's Parish - About Us
In 1925, Saint Leo's School opened and it was staffed by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Fitchburg.
He wrote the celebrated Tome of Leo, a doctrinal letter defining the two natures and one person of Christ that was later adopted as ecumenical at Chalcedon, when the heresiarch Eutyches was condemned.
Leo's letters and sermons reflect the many aspects of his career and personality, including his great personal influence for good, and are invaluable historical sources.
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 Leo I the Great - Roman Emperor
Leo's early life was all about military, and he had reached the rank of tribune in the regiment of the Mattiarii by 457.
Leo was to be a harsh persecutor of Christian heretics and the remaining pagans throughout his reign, so it came to no surprise that soon after Leo's acclamation, the early domestic events concerned religion.
The fleet was commanded by Basiliscus, the brother of Leo's wife, Aelia Verina.
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 Leo I (emperor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leo's coronation as emperor on February 7 457, was the first known to involve the Patriarch of Constantinople.
Leo's reign was also noteworthy for his influence in the Western Roman Empire, marked by his appointment of Anthemius as Western Roman Emperor in 467.
Leo died of dysentery at the age of 73 on January 18, 474.
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 Ricimer - LoveToKnow 1911
Ricimer then obtained from Leo I., emperor at Constantinople, the title patrician, but in 457 set up Majorianus as his own emperor in the West, and induced Leo to give his consent.
Upon his death in 465 - said to be due to the poison of Ricimer - this emperor-maker ruled the West for eighteen months without an emperor, and then accepted Leo's candidate Anthemius, diplomatically married his daughter, and for some time lived in peace with him.
Anthemius was massacred and Rome was a prey to Ricimer's soldiers.
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 Leo the Philosopher
Leo was the son of Basil I the Macedonian, who had begun the codification, and his second wife, Eudocia Ingerina.
Leo was incapable to face the enemies of the state, because his main interest was literature and poetry and not the proper organization of Byzantine army.
Leo was proved again incapable to lead his army and Russians obtained a treaty regulating the position of Russian merchants in Byzantium.
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 Coins of Leo I & Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
When the emperor Marcian died in 457 the logical choice for emperor was his son-in-law Anthemius but Aspar, the powerful Magister Militum of the eastern empire, favored one of his commanders, Leo.
Leo tried to restore political relations with the western empire, and even appointed one of the emperors, Anthemius, the son-in-law of Marcian.
He was called to the court of Leo I in an effort to supplant the Germanic people in the eastern military, as the Germans were wreaking havoc in the western empire.
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 Leo, X Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Leo X (1475-1521), who was pope from 1513 to 1521, was a lavish patron of the arts and an international political manipulator.
Leo himself was a master of classical Latin and delighted in giving impromptu speeches in the style of Cicero.
Leo played international politics with a skill and daring that were outstanding for his age.
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 Coins of the Byzantine Empire
Leo, the Strategus of the Anatolikon theme proclaimed emperor, was to be fatally mistaken in his belief that an adherence to the stringent Iconoclast policies of Constantine V and Leo IV would lead him to old age and dynasty.
During the revolt of Bardanes, Leo defected to the emperor, Nicephorus I.
Leo was recalled by Nicephorus' successor, Michael I, and eventually succeeded him.
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 The Legacy of Chalcedon (451-681)
Taught that, after the incarnation, the humanity of Christ was merged in the divinity to constitute "one nature." The formula, however, "one nature after the incarnation" was capable of a non-Eutychean interpretation.
Leo I, Eastern Emperor from 457 to 474.
In 518, Severus was deposed and he fled into exile in Alexandria from which he continued to encourage his followers, eventually agreeing to the provision of a Monophysite hierarchy for the Church in Syria.
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 Leo Astrology - Earthlore Explorations - Lore of Astrology Sun Sign Study Element
The lion is king of the animal kingdom, and an appropriate symbol for Leo who tends to dominate his environment.
Leos are straightforward, uncomplicated individuals who know what they want and pursue it with enthusiasm and a creative spirit.
Leos possess a strong creative and dramatic bend, and you will find many in the theater and film industry.
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 Emperor Leo I
Emperor Leo I was Eastern Emperor from 457 to 474 and married
Although this Emperor was quite important, I am confining my notes here to those situations in which he was directly involved with the Anicii.
For those interested in the genealogical connections, it should be noted that Leo I can be connected to the Anicii through the House of Aspar.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Justinian
The emperor Leo was organizing a new corps of palace guards, the excubitors, 300 in number, who were intended to counterbalance German predominance at court.
With the old emperor Anastasius Ostrogothic Italy had an amicable arrangement which had been regularized in 497: Italy was still part of the empire, and Theodoric ruled the Romans as the emperor's deputy and the Ostrogoths as their hereditary king.
Childhood baptism, it should be remembered, was not yet universally practised: emperors in earlier centuries such as Constantine I and his son Constantius II waited until just before their deaths before being baptized.
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 Zeno - NumisWiki, The Collaborative Numismatics Project
ZENO, Eastern emperor from 474 to 491 A.D. Descended from an illustrious Isaurian family, he was originally named Trassalisseus, which he changed to Zeno on his marriage, in 468 A.D., to Ariadne, daughter of the Emperor Leo I and Verina [VERINA].
In 474 A.D., on the death of Leo I, Zeno took over the government of the Empire since the new emperor Leo II, Leo I's grandson, as well asandamp;nbsp;the son of Zeno and Ariadne, was only a child.
Leo II and Zeno seated facing, both nimbate, Zeno on the left, Leo II on the right; between their heads, a cross, and above, a star; in exergue, CONOB.
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 ST. LEO I, THE GREAT
A deacon in the Church at Rome Leo was absent in Gaul on an important mission for the Emperor when St. Sixtus III died.
How Leo faced both situations is the story of his pontificate.
Leo acted strongly against all heresies, but the dogmatic crisis of his pontificate arose when the Constantinople monk Eutyches and the patriarch of Alexandria, Dioscorus, began to teach that in Christ there is only one nature.
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 Leo ruled by the Sun
While Leo is very affectionate there is a tendency to have things their way and may rapidly lose interest if they are challenged too often for the leading role.
Leos are found as painters, actors, or sculptors; but not all Leos are in the public arts, no, rather they can be found in the throes of creation doing their projects on the kitchen table.
Leos are surprisingly sensitive and easily hurt, but they do have a tendency to dominate and this should never be underestimated.
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 Search Results for "Gaiseric"
Two years after the death of his uncle, Honorius, he was placed on the throne by his cousin Theodosius...
An Isaurian, he succeeded his son Leo II and was the son-in-law of Leo I. During his reign he suppressed several revolts.
Having supported Galla Placidia in her struggle with her brother, Emperor Honorius, Boniface fled to Africa in 422....
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 The Ecole Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
A Sicilian versed in Latin and Greek, St. Leo II was elected to the papacy in 681.
Emperor Constantine IV Pogonatus did not confirm his election until 682, when Leo was consecrated.
During Leo's reign, the emperor returned control of Ravenna from the exarch to the emperor; to soften the blow, Leo exempted the see of Ravenna from the customary consecration taxes.
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 Circle of Prayer - The Church in Crisis - A History of the General Councils 325 to 1870 - Chapter 5
It was after Leo's death (474) that the real trouble began, not the mere matter of rioting mobs and fanatical clerics, but of the state proposing its own official solution of the great dilemma, to which every bishop had to set his signature.
The council listened, and it did as the emperor intended, declaring the pope's name should be put out of the sacred liturgy; but not decreeing a sentence of excommunication, and using Justinian's distinction between the sedes and sedens--the chair of Peter and the one now sitting in it.
The emperor's tyranny, and the shiftiness of the pope had no doubt aggravated it--but nowhere had they differed as to what had been defined about the Incarnation by the councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon, or denied that what these councils had defined was the divinely given truth of the matter.
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 Pope Leo the Great
Leo must have achieved eminence early, for even then he corresponded with Archbishop Cyril of Alexandria,[1] and Cassian dedicated his treatise against Nestorius to him.[2] In 440 Leo was sent to Gaul to try to make peace between the imperial generals, Aetius and Albinus.
Leo wrote back a long refutation of this doctrine and described the measures he had taken against the Manichaeans in Rome.
Leo was now called upon to deal with difficulties in the East far greater than any he had so far encountered in the West.
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 Marcian: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
märˈshən, 396–457, Roman emperor of the East (450–57); successor of Theodosius II, whose sister Pulcheria he married in 450.
LEO AND THE CHURCHES OF THE, EAST -- IV 288...
In 451 the new emperor Marcian summoned a council to meet in Chalcedon...Prompted by his ecclesiastical advisers, Marcian addressed a series of letters to the...integrated into the imperial church.
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 Detail Page
Emperor of the West from 473 to 475; in exile ca.
As Marcellinus' heir, Nepos assumed the office of magister in Dalmatia, eventually marrying the niece of Aelia Verina, wife of Leo I, the emperor of the East.
By virtue of his title and his marriage, in 473 Leo proclaimed him emperor of the West and sent him to Italy, where he deposed the unrecognized Emperor Glycerius, forcibly removing him to the episcopal seat of Salonae.
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 The 1997 Jungle Emperor Leo Movie      
Leo lives happily with his wife, Riya (Kitty grown up), and their two children, Rune and Rukio.
The story here sees the mighty king of the Jungle, Leo, trying to protect his family and animal subjects in the face of an onslaught of humans searching for a powerful stone that might solve their energy problems.
The final shot of Leo's silhouette made of clouds in the sky should be a cliché, but instead it becomes the final acknowledgement of the mythic undercurrents of the story.
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