Leo III
Pope of the Catholic Church from 795 to 816 (born 750–816)
b. 750 · d. c. 12 Jun 816
96th Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 31 Dec 795–12 Jun 816
Offices
- Bishop of Rome (Pope) № 96 · 31 Dec 795 – 12 Jun 816
Pope Leo III was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 26 December 795 to his death on 12 June 816.
Related people
- Adrian I succeeded · traditional
- Stephen IV preceded · traditional
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Rome ministry
- St. Peter's Basilica burial
- Papal States ministry
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church 1 claim — Coronation of Charlemagne
Written about
What he held
- The Filioque The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.
In the disputes
- The Filioque dispute One word added to the creed in Spain against Arianism, carried north with the Frankish liturgy, refused at Rome for two centuries and sung there from 1014.