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Pope Leo IX

1002 - 1054

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Pope Leo IX (21 June 1002 – 19 April 1054), born Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 February 1049 to his death in 1054. Leo IX is considered to be one of the most historically significant popes of the Middle Ages; he was instrumental in the precipitation of the Great Schism of 1054, considered the turning point in which the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches formally separated. Leo IX favoured traditional morality in his reformation of the Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Leo IX has received more than 518,410 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Pope Leo IX is the 43rd most popular nobleman (down from 42nd in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from France (up from 241st in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Nobleman.

Pope Leo IX is most famous for being the first pope to wear the papal tiara in a coronation ceremony. He also called the first ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, where he condemned simony.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Pope Leo IX ranks 43 out of 842. Before him are El Cid, Ludovico Sforza, Marie Thérèse of France, Otto von Habsburg, Alexander Nevsky, and Queen Sofía of Spain. After him are Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Margaret of Valois, Henry IV of England, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Arthur, Prince of Wales, and Giuliano de' Medici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1002, Pope Leo IX ranks 1. After him are Nikephoros III Botaneiates and Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. Among people deceased in 1054, Pope Leo IX ranks 1. After him are Yaroslav the Wise, Atiśa, Hermann of Reichenau, and García Sánchez III of Pamplona.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Leo IX ranks 229 out of 6,011. Before him are Gilles Deleuze (1925), Pope Urban VI (1318), François-René de Chateaubriand (1768), Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900), Philip III of France (1245), and Charlotte Corday (1768). After him are Jean-Michel Jarre (1948), Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), François Boucher (1703), Madame du Barry (1743), Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796), and Honoré Daumier (1808).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Pope Leo IX ranks 6. Before him are William the Conqueror (1028), Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640), Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122), Charles the Bold (1433), and Marie Thérèse of France (1778). After him are Margaret of Valois (1553), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), Raynald of Châtillon (1123), Robert Guiscard (1016), Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674), and Charles, Count of Valois (1270).

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