Doctor of the Church
Saint Leo the Great
Pope · Doctor of the Church · Feast November 10
Saint Leo the Great, Doctor of the Church, declared a Doctor of the Church.
Background
Pope Saint Leo I (c. 400-461) defended the orthodox faith of the Incarnation in his Tome, accepted at the Council of Chalcedon (451), and famously turned back Attila the Hun from Rome. Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIV in 1754.
Summary
Saint Leo the Great, Doctor of the Church, declared a Doctor of the Church.
Doctor title
Doctor of the Church
Feast day
November 10
Feast month
11
Ecclesial role
pope
Feast day of month
10