Pope Leo III

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Pope Leo III was the early medieval pope who famously crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans in 800, helping to revive the Western Roman imperial title and shape the Holy Roman Empire.

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Pope Leo III canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Carolingian Empire ⓘ
birthDate circa 750 ⓘ
birthName Leo ⓘ
burialPlace St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
canonizationStatus saint ⓘ
conflict struggle with Roman aristocracy ⓘ
coronationCity Rome ⓘ
coronationDate 25 December 800 ⓘ
coronationPlace Old St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Papal States ⓘ
crowned Charlemagne ⓘ
crownedAs Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
deathDate 12 June 816 ⓘ
deathPlace Rome ⓘ
electedPope 26 December 795 ⓘ
era Early Middle Ages ⓘ
feastDay 12 June ⓘ
historicalRegion Western Europe ⓘ
honorificPrefix Pope ⓘ
honorificSuffix Saint ⓘ
influenced development of medieval papal-imperial relations ⓘ
inOfficeDuringReignOf Charlemagne ⓘ
Louis the Pious ⓘ
jurisdiction Latin Church ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
knownFor asserting papal role in imperial coronation ⓘ
strengthening ties between papacy and Frankish monarchy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
notableFor contributing to the formation of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
crowning Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans ⓘ
reviving the Western Roman imperial title ⓘ
papacyEnd 816 ⓘ
papacyStart 795 ⓘ
papalNumber 96th pope ⓘ
partOf history of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Pope

Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ
predecessor Pope Adrian I ⓘ
linked to: Pope Hadrian I
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Lateran Palace ⓘ
linked to: Lateran complex
soughtProtectionFrom Charlemagne ⓘ
succeededToOfficeIn Rome ⓘ
successor Pope Stephen IV ⓘ
title Supreme Pontiff ⓘ
linked to: Pope

Vicar of Christ ⓘ

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