Bishop of Rome · c. 400 – 461

Leo the Great

Bishop of Rome from 440 to 461. His letter to Flavian, called the Tome, set out the two natures of Christ and shaped the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

Writings

1. Letter

   The Tome of Leo (Letter 28)

   Leo’s letter to Flavian of Constantinople on the person of Christ, one person in two natures, read at the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

   17 min read · translated by Charles Lett Feltoe

2. Collection · 57 parts

   Other Writings, Part 1

   Letters, homilies, sermons, commentaries, fragments and shorter pieces by Leo the Great that are not published as books, in the order of the New Advent collection (part 1 of 2).

   396 min read · translated by Charles Lett Feltoe

3. Collection · 63 parts

   Other Writings, Part 2

   Letters, homilies, sermons, commentaries, fragments and shorter pieces by Leo the Great that are not published as books, in the order of the New Advent collection (part 2 of 2).

   252 min read · translated by Charles Lett Feltoe

Portrait: drawn in the site’s engraved style from “Herrera mozo San León magno” (Francisco Herrera the Younger), public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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