Roman Catholic Pope, Saint. His chief aim during his tenure was to unify the Church. When Attila the Hun had threatened to invade Rome in 452, Leo personally went to his camp to meet with the Hun. Although nobody knows what he said, it caused Attila to leave Italy. And in 455 when the city was captured by the Vandals under Genseric, although it was plundered for a short time, Leo's interference obtained a promise from Genseric that the city would not be harmed and that the lives of the inhabitants would be spared. Leo died on November 10th, 461. Originally, he was buried in the vestibule of St. Peter's Basilica, but in 688 Pope Sergius had his remains transferred to the basilica itself, and also had a special altar erected over them.
Roman Catholic Pope, Saint. His chief aim during his tenure was to unify the Church. When Attila the Hun had threatened to invade Rome in 452, Leo personally went to his camp to meet with the Hun. Although nobody knows what he said, it caused Attila to leave Italy. And in 455 when the city was captured by the Vandals under Genseric, although it was plundered for a short time, Leo's interference obtained a promise from Genseric that the city would not be harmed and that the lives of the inhabitants would be spared. Leo died on November 10th, 461. Originally, he was buried in the vestibule of St. Peter's Basilica, but in 688 Pope Sergius had his remains transferred to the basilica itself, and also had a special altar erected over them.
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