A saintly Leo loses on the battlefield
And: The only British pope crowns an emperor
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2,000 years of history. 267 popes. Find out what the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church were doing on any given day down through the centuries.
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The 1543rd anniversary of one pope's death, and the 227th anniversary of another condemning the French Revolution
A Widower Becomes the Pope
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