Leo IX

American

noun

Saint Bruno, 1002–54, German ecclesiastic: pope 1049–54.

Leo IX British

noun

Saint, original name Bruno of Egisheim. 1002–54, pope (1049–54): first of the great medieval reforming popes. Conflict with the Eastern Church led to the schism between Rome and Constantinople (1054). Feast day: April 19

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Leo IX

Pope Leo IX and Pope Gregory VII enforced Church laws against simony and the marriage of priests.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

The great schism between the two bodies dates back to 1054, when the churches of Pope Leo IX and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Michael Cerularius of Constantinople angrily excommunicated each other's leader.

From Time Magazine Archive

Leo IX undertook to visit France and Germany and even Hungary in person, with the purpose of calling councils to check simony and the marriage of the clergy.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

He was answered with acclamations, and on February 2, 1049, he was enthroned as Leo IX.

From The Emancipation of Massachusetts by Adams, Brooks

The pope excited the Greek emperor Manuel to arm against the emperor of the West, and attempted to reconcile the two churches, separated since the pontificate of Leo IX.

From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois

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