ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 10th of November WELCOME! SAINT LEO THE GREAT, POPE AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Elected Pope in 440, Leo [Pope Leo I.] consolidated the organisation of the Church and its government from Rome at a time of civil and doctrinal disorder: Attila’s invasion was threatening, and the monophysite heresy was abroad. He persuaded the Huns to withdraw beyond the Danube, and negotiated with the Vandals when they seized Rome in 455. THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON The Council of Chalcedon in 451 restated the doctrine of the incarnation, and the primacy of Peter. Many of his sermons and letters survive, and reveal him as a man of clear and forceful intellect and faith. He died about 461. PRAYER: God our Father, you will never allow the powers of hell to prevail against your Church, founded on the rock of the apostle Peter. Let the prayers of Pope Leo the Great keep us faithful to your truth and secure in your peace...