Leo the Great

c. 400 – 461 · Rome

Biography

Pope Leo I; author of the Tome received at Chalcedon and celebrated for meeting Attila the Hun outside Rome.

“The properties of both natures are preserved and come together in one Person.”
— Tome of Leo

Writings

  • Tome of Leo
  • Sermons

Influence

Anchored Chalcedonian Christology in Western terms and articulated a mature theology of the Roman see.