Editing Pope Leo I (section)

== Significance ==
[[Pope Benedict XVI]] said that Leo's papacy was "undoubtedly one of the most important in the Church's history".<ref name=Benedict/>

In 1754 [[Pope Benedict XIV]] proclaimed Leo I as a [[Doctor of the Church]].<ref name="Benedict">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2008/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20080305.html|title=General Audience of 5 March 2008: Saint Leo the Great &#124; BENEDICT XVI|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref><ref name=Kirsch1910>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= Pope St. Leo I (the Great)|first=Johann Peter|last= Kirsch|volume=9}}</ref> Next to Leo only one other pope, [[Pope Gregory I|Gregory I]], is also recognized as Doctor of the Church.<ref name="leo">[https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/11/10/st--leo-the-great--pope-and-doctor-of-the-church.html St. Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the church] vaticannews.va</ref>

The [[Catholic Church]] marks 10 November as the feast day of Saint Leo, given in the ''[[Martyrologium Hieronymianum]]'' and the 8th-century Calendar of [[Saint Willibrord]] as the date of his death and entry to heaven. His feast was once celebrated in Rome on 28 June, the anniversary of the placing of his relics in [[Saint Peter's Basilica]], but in the 12th century, the [[Gallican Rite]] feast of 11 April was admitted to the [[General Roman Calendar]], which maintained that date until 1969.<ref>Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana), p. 107</ref>

The [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] as well as the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] celebrate Saint Leo on 18 February.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Leo the Great is honored in the [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Church of England]] and in the [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]] on [[November 10|10 November]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=2021-03-27|website=The Church of England|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bEq7DwAAQBAJ |title=Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018 |date=2019-12-17 |publisher=Church Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-1-64065-235-4 |language=en}}</ref>

In the Roman rite, fragments of his texts are read in the liturgy of hours, for example on [[Christmas]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Breviarium Romanum, Pars Hiemalis |date=1950 |publisher=Pustet |edition=Editio XX iuxta typicam |location=Ratisbonae |pages=297}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Liturgia Horarum iuxta ritum Romanum: Editio typica altera: I: Tempus Adventus, tempus Nativitatis |date=1985 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana |pages=349}}</ref>

Since his reign, [[Pope Leo (disambiguation)|a total of 13 Popes]] have borne Pope Leo's name. The latest is the current Pope [[Pope Leo XIV|Leo XIV]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=News |first=A. B. C. |title=What we know about Leo XIV, the new American pope |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/new-american-pope-leo-xiv-robert-prevost/story?id=121604332 |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>