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Leo VIII, Pope

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Date of birth unknown; d. between 20 February and 13 April, 965.

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Leo VII, Pope

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Date of birth unknown; d. 13 July, 939. A Roman and priest of St. Sixtus, and probably a Benedictine monk, he was elected pope 3 January, 936.

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Leo VI, Pope

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The exact dates of the election and death of Leo VI are uncertain, but it is clear that he was pope during the latter half of 928.

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Leo V, Pope

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Very little is known of him. No certainty either as to when he was elected or as to exactly how long he reigned.

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Leo IX, Pope Saint

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Hagiographical article on this reformer pope, who died in 1054.

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Leo IV, Pope Saint

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Biographical article on this Roman, who died in 855.

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Leo II, Pope Saint

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Biographical article on this pontiff, who died in 683.

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Leo I (the Great), Pope Saint

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Article on his pontificate, in Christian antiquity second only to that of Gregory the Great in importance. Leo died in 461.

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Leo Diaconus

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Byzantine historian; b. at Kaloe, at the foot of Mount Tmolos, in Ionia, about the year 950; the year of his death is unknown.

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Lentulus, Publius

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A fictitious person, said to have been Governor of Judea before Pontius.

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Lent

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An article on the origins of Lenten fasting.

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Lenormant, François

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Archaeologist; son of Charles Lenormant, b. at Paris, 17 January, 1837; d. there, 9 December, 1883.

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Lenormant, Charles

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French archæologist, b. in Paris, 1 June, 1802; d. at Athens, 24 November, 1859.

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Lennig, Adam Franz

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Theologian, b. 3 Dec., 1803, at Mainz; d. there, 22 Nov., 1866.

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Lemos, Thomas de

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Spanish theologian and controversialist, b. at Rivadavia, Spain, 1555, d. at Rome 23 Aug., 1629.

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Lemercier, Jacques

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Born at Pontoise, about 1585; died at Paris, 1654. Lemercier shares with Mansart and Le Muet the glory of representing French architecture most brilliantly under Louis XIII and Richelieu.

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Lemcke, Henry

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Missionary in the United States, b. at Rhena, Mecklenburg, 27 July, 1796; d. at Carrolltown, Pennsylvania, 29 November, 1882.

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Lemberg

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Seat of a Latin, a Uniat Ruthenian, and a Uniat Armenian archbishopric.

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Lelong, Jacques

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A French bibliographer, b. at Paris, 19 April, 1665 d. there, 13 Aug., 1721.

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Lejeune, Jean

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Born at Poligny in 1592; died at Limoges, 19 Aug., 1672; member of the Oratory of Jesus, founded by de Berulle in 1611.

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