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Pope Leo III in a mosaic from the Triclinium Leoninum in Rome, as restored in the 18th century.Image: Unknown artist (restored by Ferdinando Fuga, 1743) · Public domainculture · Europe
Pope Leo III is attacked in the streets of Rome
On 25 April 799, as Pope Leo III rode in the procession of the Greater Litanies towards Rome’s Flaminian Gate, armed men led by relatives of his predecessor dragged him from his horse and tried to blind him and cut out his tongue. He survived, escaped from the monastery where he was held and went north to meet the Frankish king Charlemagne at Paderborn. Charlemagne sent him back to Rome under escort and later came to settle the charges his enemies had laid against him. On Christmas Day 800 Leo crowned Charlemagne emperor in St Peter’s.
Source: Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent): Pope St. Leo III ↗
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