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Pope Nicholas I, from Artaud de Montor’s 19th-century Lives of the Popes.Image: Artaud de Montor (1772–1849) · Public domainculture · Europe
Nicholas I becomes pope
On 24 April 858 Nicholas I was elected pope in Rome and consecrated the same day in St Peter’s, with the Emperor Louis II present. He held office until his death in 867. He insisted firmly on the authority of the papacy over kings and archbishops, and clashed with Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople. He came to be honoured as a saint and is one of the few popes called ‘the Great’.
Source: New Advent (Catholic Encyclopedia): Pope St. Nicholas I ↗
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