In the Office of Readings for today's feast of St. Leo the Great, Pope, Church Father, and Doctor of the Church, the saint reminds us that we all are kings, and we all are priests: "For all ...

Raphael’s fresco The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila (1514)—in the Room of Heliodorus in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican—depicts a fabled moment in AD452 when Leo I confronted the ...

According to legend, the miraculous apparition of Saints Peter and Paul armed with swords during the meeting between Pope Leo the Great and Attila in A.D. 452 persuaded the king of the Huns not to ...

In the painting, an unarmed Pope Leo – watched over by St. Peter and St. Paul – calmly confronts Attila and his army. Their meeting is celebrated by Catholics for showing that peaceful ...

St. Leo the Great, elected to the papacy in 440, knew the answer, and it was simple. ... Pope Leo is perhaps most famous for saving Rome from the assault of Attila the Hun.

The first Pope Leo, who served in the fifth century, is known as “Leo the Great,” and is remembered for persuading Attila the Hun to halt his invasion and spare the Roman Empire from destruction.

In one of the stanze in the Apostolic Palace is Raphael's The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila, 1514, depicting the moment in 452 that the first Pope Leo confronted Attila, the feared ruler of ...

The first Pope Leo, who served in the fifth century, is known as “Leo the Great,” and is remembered for persuading Attila the Hun to halt his invasion and spare the Roman Empire from destruction.