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Pope St. Leo the Great

Bishop of Rome, 440 – 461

In this chair

Leo the Great. Met Attila. Defined, at Chalcedon, that Christ is one Person in two natures. A Doctor of the Church. The title Great is not a courtesy.

Signs of this pontificate

Wonders this archive keeps that belong to the years he sat, or that he himself stood before.

GospelSacred Scripture

The Incarnation

Nazareth & Bethlehemc. 1 BC – AD 1

The central Catholic claim: the eternal Son of God took a human nature in the womb of Mary. Every later miracle is a footnote to this one.

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