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Leo IX.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Saint; was elected at the Diet of Worms in 1048, welcomed at Rome, and applied himself zealously to the reform of Church discipline; being defeated in the field by Guiscard, suffered a 10 years' imprisonment, fell ill and died.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Leo IX.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​l/leo-ix.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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