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Noun: Leo the Great
  1. Italian pope from 400 to 461 who extended the authority of the papacy to the west and persuaded Attila not to attack Rome (400-461)
    - Pope Leo I, Leo I, St. Leo I

Type of: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, saint, Vicar of Christ

Encyclopedia: Leo the Great