Person1002–1054
Pope Leo IX
Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg, bishop of Toul and a kinsman of the Salian emperors, pope from 1049. He made the papacy the centre of church reform, holding synods against simony and clerical marriage in Italy, France and Germany; his war against the Normans ended in defeat at Civitate in 1053, and he died while his legates were in Constantinople.
- Dates
- 21 June 1002 – 19 April 1054
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- Balkans and Anatolia
- In the threads
- Balkans and Anatolia (11th–12th c.)
Events
- East–West Schism: the excommunications of 105416 July 1054 · Balkans and Anatolia