Leo IX

American  

noun

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

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Leo IX British  

noun

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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Example Sentences

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

Thus there could be no question of expulsion, nor could the Papacy risk a repetition of the humiliation of Leo IX.

From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by Medley, D. J. (Dudley Julius)

The man was so frightened at this vision that he was ill for a twelvemonth—it was he who recounted the circumstance to Pope Leo IX.

From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry

Hence he was drawn once more back to Rome by Pope Leo IX.

From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by Medley, D. J. (Dudley Julius)