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Also Known As Bruno, Graf von Egisheim und Dagsburg
Born June 21, 1002 • France
Died April 19, 1054 (aged 51) • Rome • Italy
Title / Office pope (1049-1054)
Subjects Of Study papal primacy
Role In East-West Schism

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Pope Leo IX
Leo IX (left) consecrating the rebuilt monastery church of St.-Arnould-de-Metz, which is being offered to him by Abbot Warinus of Metz, 11th-century codex; in the Burgerbibliothek, Bern, Switz. (Cod. 292, f. 72)
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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