Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Map
- Acknowledgements and Editorial Note
- List of Contributors
- Chapter One The Educated Traveller’s Guide
- Chapter Two Pope Leo I the Great (ca. 400–461, r. 440–61 CE) at the Basilica di S. Pietro and the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo
- Chapter Three Saint Dominic de Guzmán (ca. 1170–1221 CE ) at the Basilicas of S. Marco al Campidoglio, San Sisto Vecchio, and Santa Sabina
- Chapter Four John Keats (1795–1821 CE ) and Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822 CE ) at the Keats-Shelley House and the Cimitero Acattolico
- Chapter Five Julius Caesar (100–44 BCE ) at the Teatro di Pompeo, Rostra, Tempio del Divo Giulio, and Basilica Giulia
- Chapter Six Empress Livia (58 BCE –29 CE ) on the Palatino
- Chapter Seven Emperor Hadrian (76–138 CE ) at Castel Sant’Angelo, the Pantheon, and the Tempio di Venere e Roma
- Chapter Eight Pope Clement I of Rome (ca. 35–99 or 101, r. 88–99 or 101 CE ) at the Basilica di San Clemente
- Chapter Nine Emperor Constantine (ca. 277–337, r. 324–37 CE) at the Arco di Costantino, the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, and the Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati
- Chapter Ten Pope Paul III (1468–1549, r. 1534–49 CE ), Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), and the Campidoglio
- Chapter Eleven St. Thomas Aquinas (1225–74 CE ) at Santa Sabina, the Angelicum, and the Basilica di Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
- Chapter Twelve Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702–35 CE) at the Basilica di S. Pietro, Palazzo Muti, and the Basilica dei XII Santi Apostoli
- Chapter Thirteen Pope Urban VIII (1568–1644, r. 1623–44 CE ) at the Basilica di S. Pietro, Fontana del Tritone, and Palazzo Barberini
- Chapter Fourteen John Henry Newman (1801–90 CE ) at the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, Basilica di Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, and the Chiesa di S. Giorgio in Velabro
- Chapter Fifteen Philip Neri (1515–95 CE) at the Catacombe di S. Sebastiano, the Chiesa di San Girolamo della Carità, the Basilica di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, and the Chiesa Nuova
- Chapter Sixteen Pope Julius II (1443–1513, r. 1503–13 CE) at the Basilica di San Pietro, the Musei Vaticani, and Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli
- Chapter Seventeen St. Peter (ca. 10–64 CE ) and St. Paul (5–67 CE ) at the Basilica di San Pietro, the Basilica di San Paolo Fuori le Mura, and the Abbazia delle Tre Fontane
- Chapter Eighteen Raphael Sanzio (1483–1520 CE ), Tommaso “Fedra” Inghirami (1470–1516 CE ), and Pope Julius II (1443–1513, r. 1503–13 CE ) at the Stanza della Segnatura (1508–11 CE )
- Chapter Nineteen Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564 CE )at the Cappella Sistina
- Appendix A Concordance of Place Names
- Appendix B Timeline of the People and Places Mentioned in this Volume
- Index
Chapter Two - Pope Leo I the Great (ca. 400–461, r. 440–61 CE) at the Basilica di S. Pietro and the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2020
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Map
- Acknowledgements and Editorial Note
- List of Contributors
- Chapter One The Educated Traveller’s Guide
- Chapter Two Pope Leo I the Great (ca. 400–461, r. 440–61 CE) at the Basilica di S. Pietro and the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo
- Chapter Three Saint Dominic de Guzmán (ca. 1170–1221 CE ) at the Basilicas of S. Marco al Campidoglio, San Sisto Vecchio, and Santa Sabina
- Chapter Four John Keats (1795–1821 CE ) and Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822 CE ) at the Keats-Shelley House and the Cimitero Acattolico
- Chapter Five Julius Caesar (100–44 BCE ) at the Teatro di Pompeo, Rostra, Tempio del Divo Giulio, and Basilica Giulia
- Chapter Six Empress Livia (58 BCE –29 CE ) on the Palatino
- Chapter Seven Emperor Hadrian (76–138 CE ) at Castel Sant’Angelo, the Pantheon, and the Tempio di Venere e Roma
- Chapter Eight Pope Clement I of Rome (ca. 35–99 or 101, r. 88–99 or 101 CE ) at the Basilica di San Clemente
- Chapter Nine Emperor Constantine (ca. 277–337, r. 324–37 CE) at the Arco di Costantino, the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, and the Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati
- Chapter Ten Pope Paul III (1468–1549, r. 1534–49 CE ), Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), and the Campidoglio
- Chapter Eleven St. Thomas Aquinas (1225–74 CE ) at Santa Sabina, the Angelicum, and the Basilica di Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
- Chapter Twelve Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702–35 CE) at the Basilica di S. Pietro, Palazzo Muti, and the Basilica dei XII Santi Apostoli
- Chapter Thirteen Pope Urban VIII (1568–1644, r. 1623–44 CE ) at the Basilica di S. Pietro, Fontana del Tritone, and Palazzo Barberini
- Chapter Fourteen John Henry Newman (1801–90 CE ) at the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, Basilica di Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, and the Chiesa di S. Giorgio in Velabro
- Chapter Fifteen Philip Neri (1515–95 CE) at the Catacombe di S. Sebastiano, the Chiesa di San Girolamo della Carità, the Basilica di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, and the Chiesa Nuova
- Chapter Sixteen Pope Julius II (1443–1513, r. 1503–13 CE) at the Basilica di San Pietro, the Musei Vaticani, and Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli
- Chapter Seventeen St. Peter (ca. 10–64 CE ) and St. Paul (5–67 CE ) at the Basilica di San Pietro, the Basilica di San Paolo Fuori le Mura, and the Abbazia delle Tre Fontane
- Chapter Eighteen Raphael Sanzio (1483–1520 CE ), Tommaso “Fedra” Inghirami (1470–1516 CE ), and Pope Julius II (1443–1513, r. 1503–13 CE ) at the Stanza della Segnatura (1508–11 CE )
- Chapter Nineteen Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564 CE )at the Cappella Sistina
- Appendix A Concordance of Place Names
- Appendix B Timeline of the People and Places Mentioned in this Volume
- Index
Summary
Introduction
The relationship of Rome to the rest of the civilized world was reinvented by Roman Christians in the fourth and fifth centuries as the Roman imperial ideal gave way to a Christian vision. Pope Leo I played an important role in this development. Bishop of Rome from 400–461, Leo articulated a Christian vision of the special status of Rome in the worldwide Church and of the special identity of the city of Rome in relation to its past that was to have far-reaching influence. He took major strides in advancing the development of the role of Rome in the worldwide Church. Leo upheld and extended the growing understanding of the unique role of the pope, seeing this as a natural expression of his role as Vicar of Peter. His actions against various heresies throughout the empire show that he understood his pastoral responsibility to be universal and immediate. His time in office was spent vigourously pursuing this universal ideal, engaging not only in doctrinal disputes but also entering the political realm to protect Rome from the onslaughts of the Huns and the Vandals. These efforts were accompanied by a vision of the Church as rightful heir of the glory of Rome. For him, God had prepared the world for the Church through the Roman Empire, and the Church was duty bound to take up whatever was good in this development.
Background to Leo's Papacy
Hard historical data is difficult to come by on Leo's early years. The Liber Pontificalis, a medieval text of a much later date whose historical facts should be taken with a grain of salt, merely records that he was Tuscan and that his father's name was Quintianus. Leo, however, refers to Rome as his homeland. Thus, two possibilities present themselves: either Leo was born in Rome from Tuscan parents or he was born in Tuscany yet called Rome his homeland because he was convinced that he was born to find his way to the Chair of Peter. In any case, the town of Volterra, in modern-day Tuscany, claims him as a native son.
He seems to have been born at the end of the fourth century. If he grew up in Rome, he lived through the sack of Rome by Alaric in 410.
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- People and Places of the Roman PastThe Educated Traveller's Guide, pp. 5 - 16Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2019