Pope Saint Leo the Great

Born: 400 AD in Italy

Died: 461

A theologian and the first Pope to be called “the Great”, he was a doctor of the church and was first to consider Christology – the study of who Jesus was as a person.

Explained Christ’s “two natures” & how Jesus could be both human and divine saying it was “with neither confusion nor division”.

Fought heresy and against those who worked to discredit teachings of the Church.

Was successfully able to convince Attila the Hun to peacefully turn back and not attack Italy.