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Pope St. Leo IX

Pope St. Leo IX

1002 CE1054 CE · Rappoltsweiler (Ribeauvillé)

Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg, an Alsatian nobleman and bishop of Toul, became one of the most consequential reform popes. Insisting on canonical election before assuming office, Leo IX traveled tirelessly across Europe holding synods that attacked simony and clerical marriage, embedding the Gregorian reform movement. He gathered gifted collaborators, notably Humbert of Silva Candida and the young Hildebrand. His pontificate is remembered for the tragic 1054 events: his legates' excommunication of the patriarch of Constantinople hardened the East-West breach often dated to that year, though the schism deepened gradually. He died shortly after a military defeat by the Normans at Civitate.

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Rappoltsweiler (Ribeauvillé)France

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About Rappoltsweiler (Ribeauvillé)

Rappoltsweiler (French Ribeauvillé), a town in Alsace, today in northeastern France. It was the birthplace of the Lutheran Pietist Philipp Jakob Spener (1635).

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