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{{Short description|Head of the Catholic Church from 928 to 929}}

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|honorific-prefix=Pope
|honorific-prefix=[[List of popes|Pope]]
|name=Leo VI
|name=Leo VI
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|church = [[Catholic Church]]
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|term_start=June 928
|term_start=June 928
|term_end=February 929
|term_end=February 929
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|successor=[[Pope Stephen VII|Stephen VII]]
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|previous_post=[[Santa Susanna|Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna]] (916-928)
|previous_post=Cardinal-Priest of [[Santa Susanna]] (916-928)
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| first = Bartolomeo
| authorlink = Bartolomeo Platina
| author-link = Bartolomeo Platina
| title = The Lives of the Popes From The Time Of Our Saviour Jesus Christ to the Accession of Gregory VII
| title = The Lives of the Popes From The Time Of Our Saviour Jesus Christ to the Accession of Gregory VII
| publisher = Griffith Farran & Co.
| publisher = Griffith Farran & Co.
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| year= 1479
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}}</ref> and his father was Christophorus, who had been ''[[primicerius]]'' under [[Pope John VIII]] around the year 876. Tradition has it that he was a member of the Sanguini family.<ref>[[Georgina Masson]], ''The Companion Guide to Rome'' (1980), page 177</ref> Before his pontificate, Leo served as the [[cardinal-priest]] of [[Santa Susanna]].<ref name="m188">Mann, page 188</ref>
}}</ref> and his father was Christophorus, who had been ''[[primicerius]]'' under [[Pope John VIII]] around the year 876. Tradition has it that he was a member of the Sanguini family.<ref>[[Georgina Masson]], ''The Companion Guide to Rome'' (1980), page 177</ref> Before his pontificate, Leo served as the [[cardinal-priest]] of [[Santa Susanna]].<ref name="m188">Mann, page 188</ref>


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Leo was elected pope around June 928, during a [[Saeculum obscurum|period of anarchy]].<ref name="m188"/> He was chosen by the ''senatrix'' [[Marozia]], who had gained control of Rome via the domination of her husband [[Guy, Margrave of Tuscany]], and who had ordered the imprisonment and death of Leo’s predecessor, [[Pope John X|John X]].<ref>Mann, pgs. 163-164</ref>
Leo was elected pope around June 928, during a [[Saeculum obscurum|period of anarchy]].<ref name="m188"/> He was chosen by the ''senatrix'' [[Marozia]], who had gained control of Rome via the domination of her husband [[Guy, Margrave of Tuscany]], and who had ordered the imprisonment and death of Leo’s predecessor, [[Pope John X|John X]].<ref>Mann, pgs. 163-164</ref>


During his brief pontificate, Leo confirmed the decisions of the [[Synod of Split]].<ref name="m188"/> He completed his predecessor’s investigations into the ecclesiastical situation in [[Dalmatia]], and proceeded to give the [[pallium]] to John, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska|Archbishop of Salona]], and ordered all the bishops of Dalmatia to obey him. He also ordered the Bishop of Nona and others to limit themselves to the extent of their [[diocese]]s.<ref>Mann, page 168</ref> Leo then issued a ban on [[castrati]] entering into a union of [[marriage]].<ref>''Medical problems of performing artists, Volume 13'' (1998), page 151</ref> He also issued an appeal for help against the [[Arabs|Arab]] raiders who were threatening Rome, stating that:
During his brief pontificate, Leo confirmed the decisions of the [[Synod of Spalato]].<ref name="m188"/> He completed his predecessor’s investigations into the ecclesiastical situation in [[Dalmatia]], and proceeded to give the [[pallium]] to Archbishop John of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Split-Makarska|Salona]], and ordered all the bishops of Dalmatia to obey him. He also ordered the bishop of Nona and others to limit themselves to the extent of their [[diocese]]s.<ref>Mann, page 168</ref> Leo then banned [[castrati]] from marrying.<ref>''Medical problems of performing artists, Volume 13'' (1998), page 151</ref> He also issued an appeal for help against the Arab raiders who were threatening Rome, stating that:
<blockquote>”Whoever died faithful in this struggle will not see himself refused entry into the heavenly kingdom.”<ref>Pierre Riché, ''The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe'' (1993), page 311</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>”Whoever died faithful in this struggle will not see himself refused entry into the heavenly kingdom.”<ref>Pierre Riché, ''The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe'' (1993), page 311</ref></blockquote>


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Latest revision as of 08:48, 3 September 2024

Pope

Leo VI
Bishop of Rome
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy beganJune 928
Papacy endedFebruary 929
PredecessorJohn X
SuccessorStephen VII
Previous post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna (916-928)
Personal details
Born
Rome, Papal States
DiedFebruary 929
Rome, Papal States
Other popes named Leo

Pope Leo VI (880 – 12 February 929) was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States for just over seven months, from June 928 to his death. His pontificate occurred during the period known as the Saeculum obscurum.

Family and early career

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Leo VI was born into a Roman family,[1] and his father was Christophorus, who had been primicerius under Pope John VIII around the year 876. Tradition has it that he was a member of the Sanguini family.[2] Before his pontificate, Leo served as the cardinal-priest of Santa Susanna.[3]

Pontificate

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Leo was elected pope around June 928, during a period of anarchy.[3] He was chosen by the senatrix Marozia, who had gained control of Rome via the domination of her husband Guy, Margrave of Tuscany, and who had ordered the imprisonment and death of Leo’s predecessor, John X.[4]

During his brief pontificate, Leo confirmed the decisions of the Synod of Spalato.[3] He completed his predecessor’s investigations into the ecclesiastical situation in Dalmatia, and proceeded to give the pallium to Archbishop John of Salona, and ordered all the bishops of Dalmatia to obey him. He also ordered the bishop of Nona and others to limit themselves to the extent of their dioceses.[5] Leo then banned castrati from marrying.[6] He also issued an appeal for help against the Arab raiders who were threatening Rome, stating that:

”Whoever died faithful in this struggle will not see himself refused entry into the heavenly kingdom.”[7]

The chronicler Flodoard said of him:

”Through the virtue of Peter, Leo the sixth was taken and received, he was preserved for seven months and five days, and like his predecessors, he joined the company of the prophets.”[3]

Leo died in February 929, and was succeeded by Stephen VII. He was buried at St. Peter’s Basilica.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Platina, Bartolomeo (1479), The Lives of the Popes From The Time Of Our Saviour Jesus Christ to the Accession of Gregory VII, vol. I, London: Griffith Farran & Co., p. 247, retrieved 2013-04-25
  2. ^ Georgina Masson, The Companion Guide to Rome (1980), page 177
  3. ^ a b c d e Mann, page 188
  4. ^ Mann, pgs. 163-164
  5. ^ Mann, page 168
  6. ^ Medical problems of performing artists, Volume 13 (1998), page 151
  7. ^ Pierre Riché, The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe (1993), page 311
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