Leo-i definition
Pope (440–461). His negotiations with Attila (452) and Genseric the Vandal (455) helped prevent the sacking of Rome.
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Timothy Aelurus was chosen bishop, and a synod which he called was so powerful as to impress even the emperor Leo I.
The Persian king implored the emperor Leo I.
The following year (452), that of the Italian campaign, was marked by such events as the sack of Aquileia, the destruction of the cities of Venetia, and finally, on the banks of the Mincio, that historical interview with Pope Leo I.
In this sense it appears to be used by Pope Leo I.
The emperor confirmed the synod, but the Eastern Church was divided upon the question of accepting it, and Leo I.