Leo IX

noun

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

Leo IX

noun

1. Leo IX, Saint10021054MAlsatianRELIGION: popeRELIGION: saint 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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Yet Henry maintained the independence of the clergy against the pope Leo IX., and claimed Lorraine from the emperor Henry III.

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Leo IX. the relative and subject of Henry, indemnified himself for that obedience which he could not refuse to this emperor, by acts of authority against other sovereigns.

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In 1049, however, he again appeared in Italy, this time in the r�le of companion to the new pontiff, Leo IX.

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The practice, however, had attained great dimensions both among the clergy and the laity, and the sharp campaign, which had been waged since the days of Leo IX., had done little to limit its scope.

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Pope Leo IX. commanded an army consisting of Italian volunteers, several bands of robbers, and seven hundred Suabians.

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