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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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

Not only did the new Pope, Leo IX, take this inflexible advocate of the Church's claims as his chief adviser, but he surrounded himself with reforming ecclesiastics from beyond the Alps.

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)

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 Robinson, James Harvey

Born in Tuscany, where his father, they say, was a carpenter, he studied in France, embraced the monastic rule there, and returned into Italy to give counsel to Leo IX.

From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois