POPE
Pope Leo IX
Pope, Bishop of Rome
Pope Leo IX, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1049–1054.
background
Pope Leo IX was the Bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 12 February 1049 to his death in 1054. Leo IX is considered to be one of the most historically significant popes of the Middle Ages; he was instrumental in the precipitation of the Great Schism of 1054, considered the turning point in which the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches formally separated.
summary
Pope Leo IX, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1049–1054.
papacy Start
1049
papacy End
1054
birth Name
Bruno d'Egisheim-Dadsburg