# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pope-leo-i
# Generated: 2026-09-01T12:45:10.807Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/pope-leo-i"
name: "Pope Leo I"
slug: "pope-leo-i"
description: "He talked Attila the Hun out of sacking Rome — or so the story goes. Whether it was Leo's presence or the warlord's own calculation that turned the invasion around in 452 is still argued, but the meeting made him the Pope who could face down an empire on horseback."
tagline: "Pope from 440 to 461 (390–461)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herrera_mozo_San_Le%C3%B3n_magno_Lienzo._%C3%93valo._164_x_105_cm._Museo_del_Prado.png"
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country:
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  isoCode: "IT"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "390"
deathDate: "0461-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born into the Roman aristocracy around 391, Leo became Bishop of Rome on 29 September 440. Two years into his papacy, he traveled north to meet Attila as the Hun's forces bore down on Italy; Attila withdrew, and Leo's legend was set, though historians still debate how much was persuasion and how much was Attila's pre-existing intent to pull back. Theologically, he issued the Tome of Leo, a text that became foundational at the Council of Chalcedon in defining Christ as one person in two natures — divine and human, neither confused nor divided. The doctrine triggered a schism that split churches for centuries. He also shaped the architecture of papal authority itself, arguing for Rome's primacy in ways that outlasted him. He died on 10 November 461, the first pope called "the Great."