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East-West Schism: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Schism of 1054
Date 1054
Location Europe
Participants Eastern Orthodoxy • Roman Catholicism

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Map of Europe and the eastern Mediterranean showing the division between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity following the Schism of 1054. A red line marks the separation between Western (Roman Catholic) and Eastern (Orthodox) regions, with major centers of early Christianity, such as Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, and Alexandria, indicated by black dots.
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Pope Leo IX
St. Leo IX
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Humbert of Silva Candida
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Michael Cerularius
patriarch of Constantinople
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Nicetas Stethatos
Greek theologian