{"slug": "pope-leo-ix", "label": "Pope Leo IX", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_IX", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58559", "qid": "Q58559", "description": "Head of the Catholic Church from 1049 to 1054", "entries": 9, "years": 7, "span": [1002, 1055], "span_label": ["1002 CE", "1055 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-italy-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "county-of-apulia-and-calabria", "label": "County of Apulia and Calabria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "henry-iii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "normans", "label": "Normans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "benevento", "label": "Benevento", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "worms-germany", "label": "Worms, Germany", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1002, "year_label": "1002 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 21", "text": "June 21 – Leo IX, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1054)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371270947#Births", "title": "1002", "revid": 1371270947, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1048, "year_label": "1048 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor appoints his cousin, Bishop Bruno of Toul (related to the counts of Egisheim-Dagsburg in Upper Alsace) as successor of Damasus II at an assembly at Worms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129783#Europe", "title": "1048", "revid": 1350129783, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1048, "year_label": "1048 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December", "text": "December – Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg, bishop of Toul, is selected as the new pope by an assembly at Worms - after canonical election in Rome next February, he assumes the name Pope Leo IX.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129783#Religion", "title": "1048", "revid": 1350129783, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1049, "year_label": "1049 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – Pope Leo IX succeeds Damasus II, as the 152nd pope of the Catholic Church. He goes on a one-year trip to promote the cause of the reformist program among the European prelates.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129777#Religion", "title": "1049", "revid": 1350129777, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1051, "year_label": "1051 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Drogo of Hauteville, count of Apulia and Calabria, meets Pope Leo IX in southern Italy – who has been sent by Emperor Henry III (the Black) to re-establish the \"freedom of the Catholic Church\". Drogo is forced to promise Pope Leo to stop the Normans from pillaging the Lombard countryside. On his way back (August 10), Drogo is assassinated near Bovino by a Byzantine conspiracy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365260254#Continental_Europe", "title": "1051", "revid": 1365260254, "section": "Events › By place › Continental Europe"}}, {"year": 1053, "year_label": "1053 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – Battle of Civitate: Norman horsemen (3,000 men), led by Humphrey of Hauteville, count of Apulia and Calabria, rout the combined forces under Pope Leo IX, in Southern Italy. The Normans destroy the allied Papal army and capture Leo, who is imprisoned (as a hostage for 8 months) in Benevento.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350130055#Europe", "title": "1053", "revid": 1350130055, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1054, "year_label": "1054 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Pope Leo IX sends a legatine mission, under Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida, to Constantinople, to negotiate with Patriarch Michael I Cerularius, in response to his actions concerning the church in Constantinople. Leo becomes the first pope directly to invoke the forged Donation of Constantine, citing a large portion in a letter to Michael, believing it genuine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267065294#Religion", "title": "1054", "revid": 1267065294, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1054, "year_label": "1054 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – Pope Leo IX, German pontiff of the Catholic Church (b. 1002)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267065294#Deaths", "title": "1054", "revid": 1267065294, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1055, "year_label": "1055 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – Pope Victor II succeeds Leo IX as the 153rd pope of the Catholic Church in Rome (until 1057).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1301978694#Religion", "title": "1055", "revid": 1301978694, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}]}