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St. Leo I, Pope of Rome, called the Great
One of the three popes to be called "the great," St. Leo I was born c. 400
and ruled as pope from 440 to 461. Little is known of his early life.
He was active in the church as a deacon under Popes Celestine I
and Sixtus
II. As pope, he actively opposed heresies, including Manicheaism,
Pelagianism, and Nestorianism. The Council of Chalcedon in 451 confirmed
his Tomos as the orthodox expression of the incarnation of Christ
and of
the union of Jesus' two natures.
In 452 or 453, Leo traveled to Florence to persuade Atilla the Hun to give
up his invasion of Italy. Leo was successful. Some scholars say that
Atilla desisted before Leo's imperial bearing; other scholars say that Leo
bought the safety of Rome. He was not as successful in his dealings with
Gaiseric the Vandal, who sacked Rome in 455 but was less destructive
because of Leo.
Leo is also known for his insistence that St. Peter alone of the apostles
had been given unique power and that Peter's primacy gives equally unique
power and primacy to the pope above all other bishops.
Karen Rae Keck
- WORKS:
- Tomos: Leo's famous letter defending the doctrine
of Christ's two natures: Post-Nicene Fathers
Translation (NA);
Tanner Translation (St Michael's Depot)
- Sermon 1
(First Birthday Sermon): --- NA
- Sermon 2
(Second Birthday Sermon):
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- Sermon 3
(Third Birthday Sermon):
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- Sermon 9
(Fourth Sermon on the Collections):
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NA
- Sermon 10
(Fifth Sermon on the Collections):
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NA
- Sermon 12
(First Sermon on the Fast of the Tenth Month):
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- Sermon 16
(Fifth Sermon on the Fast of the Tenth Month):
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- Sermon 17
(Sixth Sermon on the Fast of the Tenth Month):
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- Sermon 19
(Eighth Sermon on the Fast of the Tenth Month):
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- Sermon 21
(First Christmas Sermon):
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- Sermon 22
(Second Christmas Sermon):
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- Sermon 23
(Third Christmas Sermon):
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- Sermon 24
(Fourth Christmas Sermon):
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- Sermon 26
(Sixth Christmas Sermon):
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- Sermon 27
(Seventh Christmas Sermon):
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- Sermon 28
(Eighth Christmas Sermon):
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- Sermon 31
(First Epiphany Sermon):
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- Sermon 3 3
(Third Epiphany Sermon):
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- Sermon 34
(Fourth Epiphany Sermon):
--- NA
- Sermon 36
(Sixth Epiphany Sermon):
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- Sermon 39
(First Lenten Sermon):
--- NA
- Sermon 40
(Second Lenten Sermon):
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- Sermon 42
(Fourth Lenten Sermon):
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- Sermon 46
(Eighth Lenten Sermon):
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- Sermon 49
(Eleventh Lenten Sermon):
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- Sermon 51
(Sermon for Saturday before Second Sunday of Lent -- On the
Transfiguration):
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- Sermon 54
(Palm Sunday Sermon -- On the Passion, III):
--- NA
- Sermon 55
(Holy Wednesday Sermon -- On the Passion, IV):
--- NA
- Sermon 58 (On
the Passion, VII):
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- Sermon 59
(Holy Wednesday Sermon -- On the Passion, VIII):
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- Sermon 62 (On
the Passion, XI):
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- Sermon 63
(Sermon for a Wednesday -- On the Passion, XII):
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- Sermon 67
(Sunday Sermon -- On the Passion, XVI):
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- Sermon 68
(Wednesday Sermon -- On the Passion, XVII):
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- Sermon 71
(Easter Vigil Sermon -- On the Lord's Resurrection, I):
--- NA
- Sermon 72 (On
the Lord's Resurrection, II):
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NA
- Sermon 73
(First Ascension Sermon):
--- NA
- Sermon 74
(Second Ascension Sermon):
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- Sermon 75
(First Pentecost Sermon):
--- NA
- Sermon 77
(Third Pentecost Sermon):
--- NA
- Sermon 78
(First Sermon on the Pentecost Fast):
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NA
- Sermon 82
(Sermon on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul):
--- NA
- Sermon 84 (On
the Neglect of the Commemoration):
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NA
- Sermon 85
(Sermon on the Feast of St. Laurence):
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- Sermon 88
(Third Sermon on the Fast of the Seventh Month):
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- Sermon 90
(Fifth Sermon on the Fast of the Seventh Month):
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-
Sermon 95: On the Beatitudes:
The emphasis on theosis is notable. Feltoe translation, 1894.
--- SPL
- Letters:
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