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Leo I
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Pope from 440 to 461 (390–461)

Also known as: Leo der Große, Leo I. der Große, Leo the Great, Pope Leo I, Лев I, لاون الأول

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Known works

  • Sermons
  • Sermons and letters against the Manichaeans (2000)
  • Leo the Great (2009)
  • SS. PP. Leonis Magni Romani pontificis eius nominis primi, Maximi Taurinensis episc. et Petri Chrysologi Rauennatis episcopi; Opera omnia quae reperiri potuerunt (1618)
  • Sancti Leonis Magni romani pontificis tractatus septem et nonaginta (1973)