Lives and legends of the great hermits and fathers of the church, with other contemporary saints (1902)
D'Anvers, N., d. 1933 · London : G. Bell & sons · leaf 316
y for thework of St. Gregory the Great, were Saints Sixtus III. andLeo I. The former, who was elected Pope in 432, and died in440, is chiefly remembered for the work he did in connectionwith S. Maria Maggiore, Rome, on which account he issometimes represented holding an image of the BlessedVirgin… … H <;w o mK H o w a ^ &M HH ST. LEO THE GREAT 227 during whose Pontificate the Western Empire was established,exercised a most important influence over the history of histime. It was thanks to his intervention that Rome was savedfrom being taken by Attila; and, later, he saved the city…
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