Leo IX

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

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Leo IX British  

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1. 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

He was not even the first pope to renew the injunction in the 11th century, for legislation on the question begins as early as in the reign of Leo IX.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

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 James Harvey Robinson

It is supposed that Leo IX was greatly influenced in his energetic policy by a certain sub-deacon, Hildebrand by name.

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

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