Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Popes & papal documents Popes

Leo V, Pope

LEONE V, PAPA

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LEO V, Pope. - He governed for one month, from the end of July 903, succeeding Benedict IV, until September of the same year.

The reasons why he, a simple priest of a small church in the surroundings of Ardea, Priapi, and therefore a stranger to the clergy of Rome, was raised to the papacy are not clear. He seems to have continued the Formosan tradition like his predecessors. A palace revolt led by Christopher, who became antipope, threw him into prison, where he seems to have ended his days under Sergius III. According to Auxilius, he was a man laudabilis vitae et sanctitatis.

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BIBL.: Lib. Pont., II, p. 234; A. Fliche-V. Martin, Hist. de l'Eglise, VII, Paris 1948, p. 30.

Alberto Ghinato

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1147.

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Ghinato, Alberto. “Leone V, papa.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1147. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/leone-v-papa.

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Ghinato, Alberto. “Leone V, papa.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1147. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/leone-v-papa.

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  author    = {Ghinato, Alberto},
  title     = {Leone V, papa},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1147},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/leone-v-papa}
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