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Why is Saint Leo a Doctor of the Church?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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Pope Saint Leo I (the Great):

+ Was Pope from 440 to 461

+ Met Attila the Hun outside Rome in 452 and persuaded him to turn back

+ Asserted the universal jurisdiction of the Pope

+ Was one of 10 longest-reigning popes

+ Was promoted to Doctor of the Church in 1754

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