Born to the\u00a0Italian\u00a0nobility. Strong\u00a0student, especially in\u00a0scripture\u00a0and\u00a0theology.\u00a0Priest. Eloquent\u00a0writer\u00a0and homilist.<\/p>\n
Pope\u00a0from\u00a0440\u00a0to\u00a0461\u00a0during the time of the invasion of\u00a0Attila the Hun. When\u00a0Attila\u00a0marched on\u00a0Rome, Leo went out to meet him and pleaded for him to leave. As Leo spoke, Attila saw the vision of a man in\u00a0priestly\u00a0robes, carrying a bare sword, and threatening to kill the invader if he did not obey Leo;\u00a0Attila\u00a0left. As Leo had a great devotion to\u00a0Saint\u00a0Peter the Apostle, it is generally believed the first\u00a0pope\u00a0was the visionary opponent to the Huns. When Genseric invaded\u00a0Rome, Leo\u2019s sanctity and eloquence saved the city again.<\/p>\n
Called the\u00a0Council of Chalcedon<\/em>\u00a0to condemn\u00a0heresies\u00a0of the day. Fought\u00a0Nestorianism,\u00a0Monophysitism,\u00a0Manichaeism, and\u00a0Pelagianism. Built churches.\u00a0Wrote\u00a0letters and sermons encouraging and teaching his flock, many of which survive today; it is for these writings that Leo was proclaimed a\u00a0Doctor of the Church\u00a0in\u00a01574.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n God\u00a0decreed that all nations should be saved in Christ. Dear friends, now that we have received instruction in this revelation of\u00a0God\u2018s grace, let us celebrate with spiritual joy the day of our first harvesting, of the first calling of the Gentiles. Let us give thanks to the merciful God, \u201cwho has made us worthy,\u201d in the words of the Apostle, \u201cto share the position of the saints in light; who has rescued us from the power of darkness, and brought us into the kingdom of this beloved Son.\u201d This came to be fulfilled, as we know, from the time when the star beckoned the three wise men out of their distant country and led them to recognize and adore the King of heaven and earth. The obedience of the star calls us to imitate its humble service: to be servants, as best we can, of the grace that invites all men to find Christ.\u00a0\u2013 from a sermon by\u00a0Pope\u00a0Saint\u00a0Leo the Great<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n (catholicsaints.info)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Born to the\u00a0Italian\u00a0nobility. Strong\u00a0student, especially in\u00a0scripture\u00a0and\u00a0theology.\u00a0Priest. Eloquent\u00a0writer\u00a0and homilist. Pope\u00a0from\u00a0440\u00a0to\u00a0461\u00a0during the time of the invasion of\u00a0Attila the Hun. When\u00a0Attila\u00a0marched on\u00a0Rome, Leo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feasts-saints"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwc-tt.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwc-tt.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwc-tt.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwc-tt.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwc-tt.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lwc-tt.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwc-tt.com\/v2\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwc-tt.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwc-tt.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwc-tt.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwc-tt.com\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}