What’s in a Name? History’s Greatest Popes Named Leo

Friday, May 16, 2025

Matthew Neugebauer

What's in a name? When a new pope chooses a name that's been used before, it’s usually to highlight some of his predecessors or other historical figures, as ways of recalling the importance of their legacy in the present day. Here's a look at some of history's greatest popes named Leo.

Deacon-structing Doctors of the Church, part 3

Monday, April 19, 2021

Deacon Pedro

We continue exploring Doctors of the Church with Peter Chrysologus, Leo the Great, Peter Damian, Bernard of Clairvaux, Hilary of Poitiers, and Alphonsus Liguori.