Pope Leo I - Called the Great
Raphael (the Italian artist) created this painting of Pope Leo I (also known as Pope Leo the Great) in 1518. It was centuries after the Pope died, in 461. He is most famously known for persuading Atilla the Hun to give-up his plan to attack and pillage Rome.
CreditsImage online, courtesy The Vatican web site.
|
Table of Contents
|
Biographies
History
- American Colonies
- American Revolution - Highlights
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- Auschwitz: Place of Horrors
- Book Burning and Censorship
Disasters
- America Attacked: 9/11
- Black Death
- Challenger Disaster
- Columbia Space Shuttle Explosion
- Deepwater Horizon: Disaster in the Gulf
- Fatal Voyage: The Titanic