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F ew historical figures deserve the sobriquet "barbarian" more than Attila the Hun. The ruler of the Hunnic Empire was also labeled by the Romans as Flagellum Dei, or the "scourge of God," for his ...
Pope Leo I helped to ensure that Catholicism would outlast the Roman Empire. His name is a reminder that our faith rises above contemporary politics and temporal authority.
Leo I – known as Leo the Great – is famous for meeting Attila the Hun in 452 and persuading him to turn back from his invasion of Italy. The first Leo was also the pontiff when the Council of ...
Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the history of a legendary papal namesake.
Another predecessor, Pope Leo I, was known for repelling the barbarian invasion of Atilla the Hun in 452 A.D. and dissuading him from sacking Rome through diplomacy, Italian Cardinal Mauro ...
In February, Trump fired the Kennedy Center’s leadership and appointed himself chair. He wishes to end DEI and “woke” programming and instead showcase classics . Many artists canceled.
There have been 266 papal leaders of the Catholic Church since Jesus Christ’s death in the AD 30s through Pope Francis – Jorge Mario Bergoglio – who died on Easter Monday at 88. The most ...
It was the black Asians such as Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun in particular that chased them from these areas as they migrated into Europe. Later during many thousands of years when Alexander the ...
He read biographies by Walter Isaacson (including the one about Apple cofounder Steve Jobs), George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones, and a book about Attila the Hun, the ruthless Central European ...
Senator Barack Obama was well ahead of the country in 2007, or so believed some of Hillary Clinton’s campaign advisers. “Obama is unelectable except perhaps against Attila the Hun,” Mark ...
Attila the Hun, born in 406 CE, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. Known as the “Scourge of God,” Attila led his armies on devastating campaigns across Europe ...
ATTILA (XXXL) PORTRAIT OF ATTILA (REIGNED 434-453) BY ARCHDEACON FARRAR.D.D. F.R.S Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was also the leader of a tribal ...