Leo IV
Americannoun
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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
They are backed by the walls of the Borgo, and a fine old tower of the time of Leo IV.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
Lothaire, crowned by Paschal I.; and, in the last year of the reign of Leo IV.,
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
The modernized church of S. Giovanni alla Lungara dates from the time of Leo IV.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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