Leo IV
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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
In 844 the town fell into the hands of the Arabs, but four years later they were driven out with help supplied by Pope Leo IV.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
The modernized church of S. Giovanni alla Lungara dates from the time of Leo IV.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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 Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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