Leo IV
Americannoun
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Pope Leo IV, in his prayers on Sunday, expressed solidarity with all those affected by the "devastating" Spanish and French fires and called on people to pray for them and for first responders.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Some of the walls in Vatican City were built in the ninth century by Pope Leo IV in an attempt to protect it from attacks by pirates and other marauders, historians said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2016
The convent abuts the remains of the ninth-century walls that Pope Leo IV built to protect Vatican hill from the Saracens.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2013
Ethelwolf sent Alfred to Rome in 853, and the youth received regal unction from the hands of Leo IV.
From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
The next scene is from the life of the same S. Leo IV, wherein Raffaello depicted the port of Ostia occupied by the fleet of the Turks, who had come to take the Pope prisoner.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo by Gaston du C. De Vere
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