Because he wouldn't recognize his authority as a pope.
If the place is Constantinople then the answer is: because he wouldn't recognize his authority as a pope.
The Eastern Orthodox Church.
Pope Benedict IX
The last to be elected when not yet a bishop was Pope Gregory XVI in 1831, and the last to be elected when not even a priest was Pope Leo X in 1513.
The debate that prompted Pope Gregory II to excommunicate Byzantine Emperor Leo III revolved around the issue of iconoclasm, specifically Leo's edict against the veneration of icons and his efforts to remove religious images from churches. The pope viewed this as a direct challenge to the authority of the Church and a threat to traditional Christian practices. Gregory II's excommunication of Leo was a significant moment in the growing divide between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, highlighting the tensions over religious authority and the role of images in worship.
I think pope Leo I
because he decided to start a fake religion
Pope Leo XIII was the pope in 1896. He was pope from 1878 to 1903.
Pope Leo became the Pope in 1513, his name also changed from Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici to Pope Leo.
No, Pope S. Leo the Great was not married.
Pope Leo XIII was an excellent pope and a prolific writer of encyclicals.