Pope Leo III

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Pope Leo III was the early medieval pope who famously crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans in 800, helping to revive the Western Roman imperial title and shape the Holy Roman Empire.

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Pope Leo III canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
Pope
human
associatedWithDynasty Carolingian Empire
birthDate circa 750
birthName Leo
burialPlace St. Peter's Basilica
canonizationStatus saint
conflict struggle with Roman aristocracy
coronationCity Rome
coronationDate 25 December 800
coronationPlace Old St. Peter's Basilica
countryOfCitizenship Papal States
crowned Charlemagne
crownedAs Emperor of the Romans
deathDate 12 June 816
deathPlace Rome
electedPope 26 December 795
era Early Middle Ages
feastDay 12 June
historicalRegion Western Europe
honorificPrefix Pope
honorificSuffix Saint
influenced development of medieval papal-imperial relations
inOfficeDuringReignOf Charlemagne
Emperor Louis the Pious
surface form: Louis the Pious
jurisdiction Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church

Papal States
knownFor asserting papal role in imperial coronation
strengthening ties between papacy and Frankish monarchy
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
notableFor contributing to the formation of the Holy Roman Empire
crowning Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans
reviving the Western Roman imperial title
papacyEnd 816
papacyStart 795
papalNumber 96th pope
partOf history of the Holy Roman Empire
positionHeld Pope
surface form: Bishop of Rome

Sovereign of the Papal States
predecessor Pope Hadrian I
surface form: Pope Adrian I
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
residence Lateran complex
surface form: Lateran Palace
soughtProtectionFrom Charlemagne
succeededToOfficeIn Rome
successor Pope Stephen IV
title Pope
surface form: Supreme Pontiff

Vicar of Christ

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