Pope Leo XI (2048 bytes)
1: ...]], a position which he held for fifteen years. [[Pope Gregory XIII|Gregory XIII]] made him Bishop of Pi...
5: ...ro ascended the papal throne with the Medici name Leo XI, being then seventy years of age, but took sic...
8: ...athen/09166a.htm ''Catholic Encyclopedia'':] Pope Leo XI
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12: Predecessor=[[Pope Clement VIII|Clement VIII]]|

Pope Leo X (4205 bytes)
1: [[Image:pope-leo10.jpg|thumb|Pope Leo X]]
3: ...475]] - [[December 1]], [[1521]]), was the only [[pope]] who has bestowed his own name upon his age, and...
5: ...[Pope Innocent VIII|Innocent VIII]], the reigning pope, was bound to Lorenzo by domestic ties and a comm...
7: ... era of peace which Lorenzo's prudent policy had given to Italy, and inaugurating a period of foreign ...
9: ...ortance, and obnoxious to Innocent's successor, [[Pope Alexander VI|Alexander VI]], undertook a journey ...

Pope Leo IX (3947 bytes)
1: ...ne 21]], [[1002]] - [[April 19]], [[1054]]) was [[pope]] from [[February 12]], [[1049]] to his death.
3: ...rendered important political services to his relative Conrad II, and afterwards to [[Henry III, Holy R...
5: On the death of [[Pope Damasus II]], Bruno was selected his successor by...
7: ...lity, and at his consecration assumed the name of Leo IX.
9: ...]], and [[France]] which form a marked feature in Leo's pontificate. After presiding

Pope Leo VI (442 bytes)
1: ...even months and a few days. He was succeeded by [[Pope Stephen VIII|Stephen VIII]].
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4: Predecessor=[[Pope John X|John X]]|
5: Successor=[[Pope Stephen VIII|Stephen VIII]]}}
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Pope Leo V (686 bytes)
1: ...led by Christopher, who was in turn executed by [[Pope Sergius III]] in [[904]].
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4: Predecessor=[[Pope Benedict IV|Benedict IV]]|
5: Successor=[[Pope Christopher|Christopher]]}}
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Pope Leo IV (1476 bytes)
1: ...ank of the [[Tiber]] still known as the ''Civitas Leonina''. A frightful conflagration, which he is sai...
3: ...holas I]]. [[Pope Benedict III|Benedict III]] was Leo's immediate successor.
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8: Predecessor=[[Pope Sergius II|Sergius II]]|
9: Successor=[[Pope Benedict III|Benedict III]]}}

Pope Leo II (1517 bytes)
1: ...ble attention and controversy, and prominence is given to the circumstance that in the Greek text of t...
3: ...expressing the true meaning of Leo. It was during Leo's pontificate that the dependence of the see of [...
5: {{Pope|
6: Predecessor=[[Pope Agatho|Saint Agatho]]|
7: Successor=[[Pope Benedict II|Saint Benedict II]]}}

Pope Leo I (11086 bytes)
1: ...ing to the ''[[Liber Pontificalis]]'' he was a native of [[Tuscany]].
3: ...]] -- unless this letter is addressed rather to [[Pope Celestine I]]. About the same time [[Johannes Ere...
5: ...e Sixtus III]] died ([[August 11]], [[440]]), and Leo was unanimously elected by the people to succeed ...
9: ...e of Aquileia, [[Pelagianism|Pelagians]] were received into church communion without formal repudiatio...
11: ... by holding a public debate with their representatives, burning their books, and warning the Roman Chr...

Pope Leo III (2029 bytes)
1: '''Leo III''' (died [[June 12]], [[816]]) was [[Pope]] from [[795]] to [[816]].
3: ... it was his function to defend the church and the Pope's to pray for the realm and for victory of the ar...
5: ...hat no earthly power could judge the Pope, and so Leo was escorted back to Rome.
7: ...im, and his opponents were exiled. Two days later Leo crowned Charlemagne after the latter prayed at St...
9: Leo helped restore King [[Eardulf]] of [[Northumbria]...

Pope Leo VIII (1440 bytes)
1: ...to the Great]] by the Roman synod which deposed [[pope John XII|John XII]] in December 963.
3: ...y said that, at the synod which deposed Benedict, Leo conceded to the emperor and his successors as sov...
4: ...succeeded, after the deposition of Benedict, by [[Pope John XIII|John XIII]]
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7: Predecessor=[[Pope John XII|John XII]]|

Pope Leo XII (3791 bytes)
1: ...avourable attention by a tactful sermon commemorative of the emperor [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|J...
3: [[Image:LeoXII.jpg|right]]
5: ...mes which he continued even after his election as pope.
7: ...f the active opposition of France, he was elected pope by the ''zelanti'' on the [[September 28|28th of ...
9: ...vantageous to the papacy. Personally most frugal, Leo reduced taxes, made justice less costly, and was ...

Pope Leo XIII (4799 bytes)
1: ...arch 2]], [[1810]] - [[July 20]], [[1903]]) was [[Pope]] from [[1878]] to [[1903]].
3: ...[[February 20]] 1878, he was elected to succeed [[Pope Pius IX]].
5: ...ns with the Italian state were less progressive. Leo continued the Papacy's self-imposed incarceration...
7: ...of the truth of Scripture to its minutest detail, Leo was categorical:
8: :"For all the books which the Church receives as sacred and canonical, are written wholly and...

Pope Leo VII (505 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leo_VII.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Pope Leo VII]]
3: ...ed by [[Pope John XI|John XI]], and followed by [[Pope Stephen IX|Stephen IX]].
5: {{Pope|
6: Predecessor=[[Pope John XI|John XI]]|
7: Successor=[[Pope Stephen IX|Stephen IX]]}}

LEO II (194 bytes)
1: * The [[LEO computer|LEO II]] was an early computer developed for use in b...
2: * [[Leo II (dwarf galaxy)|Leo II]] is a [[dwarf galaxy]] orbiting the [[Milky W...

Leo (4065 bytes)
3: name = Leo |
4: abbreviation = Leo |
5: genitive = Leonis |
12: starname = [[Regulus]] (α Leo) |
15: *[[Leonids]] |

Leo II (341 bytes)
1: Leo II may refer to the following:
3: *[[Leo II (Emperor)]], a [[Byzantine emperor]] who serve...
4: *[[Pope Leo II]], pope from August 682 to July 683.
5: *[[Leo II (dwarf galaxy)]], which is a dwarf galaxy that...
10: [[nl:Leo II]]

Leo IV (1137 bytes)
1: ...he empire, and suppressed an uprising led by his five step-brothers which broke out as a result of thi...
3: ...s]]. Unlike his father and grandfather, however, Leo favoured the [[iconoclasm|iconophiles]], and rest...
5: During his reign Leo was largely under the influence of his wife [[Byz...
16: [[nl:Leo IV van Byzantium]]
17: [[pl:Leon IV Chazar]]

Leo V (1485 bytes)
1: ...ntine Emperor. There is also an article on [[Pope Leo V]]''
3: [[Image:Leo_V.jpg|thumb|left|Leo V on a contemporary coin]]
4: '''Leo V''', surnamed '''The Armenian''' ([[775]] - [[82...
6: ...equently led a successful revolution against him. Leo justified his usurpation by repeatedly defeating ...
8: ...ad been foiled by the imprisonment of its leader, Leo was [[assassination|assassinated]] in the palace ...

Leo I (275 bytes)
1: *[[Pope Leo I]]
2: *[[Leo I (emperor)|Emperor Leo I]]
3: *[[LEO I]], a computer
4: *[[Leo I (dwarf galaxy)]] which is a galaxy that orbits ...
5: *[[Leo I (M96 group)|Leo I (Galaxy Group)]], also known as the M96 Group.

Leo VI (3145 bytes)
1: ...ntine Emperor. There is also an article on [[Pope Leo VI]]''
3: ...t there was an [[assassination]] attempt in which Leo was possibly involved.
5: Leo completed work on the ''Basilica'', the [[Greek l...
7: ...st to the [[Bulgars]], but in [[894]] they routed Leo's army. In [[895]] he was more successful, after ...
9: ...according to the Patriarch [[Nicholas Mysticus]]) Leo instead took a [[Zoe Karvounopsina|mistress]]. H...

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