Early Popes

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Category
Papal
Begin
400
End
1054
Region
Europe
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
Before Great Schism (East-West Schism) in 1054;
St Innocent I (401-417) was pope during the Visigoth sack of Rome in 410 by Alaric;
St Leo I (440-461) convinced Atilla the Hun to turn back invasion of Italy;
St Leo III (795-816) crowned Charlemagne first Holy Roman Emperor; [Wikipedia]
"In 1054, mutual excommunications of Leo IX and Patriarch of Constantinople Michael I Cerularius began the East–West Schism. The anathematizations were rescinded by Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras in 1965." [Wikipedia]

This period is linked to the following events

Event Name
Category
Date
St. Patrick starts mission in Ireland
Religion
432
St. Benedict writes the rules for communities of monks to follow
Religion
529
Gregory is the first monk to become pope
Religion
590
Augustine, based at Canterbury, converts thousands of Britons to Christianity
Religion
597
Synod at Whitby chooses Roman tradition, not Irish, for the Northumbrian church
Religion
664
Pope commissions Boniface for missionary work in pagan Germany
Religion
717
Pope Stephen II confirms Peppin the Short king of Franks after opposing Lombards
Government
754
Charlemagne aids Pope Hadrian to defeat Lombards at the Seige of Pavia
War
773
Pope Leo III proclaims Charlemagne emperor December 25 at St. Peter's Basilica
Government
800
New abbey at Cluny in Burgundy stimulates monastic revival
Religion
909
Poppo, a Denmark missionary, converts King Harald Bluetooth to Christianity
Religion
960
Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor and protector of Papal States
Government
962
Future pope begins 3 yrs. of school in Catalonia exposing him to Islamic sciences
Education
967

This period is linked to the following movies

Movie title
Genre
Released
National Geographic: Inside the Vatican
Documentary
2001