Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 317
byCharles do Winter, of Strasburg. 248 THE POPES. The papacy of the Middle Ages was first made illustrious by Leo I., sur-named the Great. Called to be Bishop of Rome by the people and the clergyin 440, when twenty years of age, he rendered the greatest possible servicesto civilisation during the… … Fig. 204.—The spiritual and the temporal powers dependent upon Jesus Christ, who is handing to St. Peter the keys and to Constantine the standard surmounted by the cross. Mosaic of the Tenth Century in the Basilica of St. John of Lateran, at Rome. ment of the clergy, and the upholding of…
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