Lentorama 2010: Two Millennia of Pointy Hats
Day 16: Leo III (795-816)
While some, if not most popes chafed under having to be approved by the Byzantine emperor before taking office, it doesn't seem like a problem when the flow of power started going the other way in a tradition/requirement started by Leo.
It was Leo who, on Christmas day in the year 800 crowned Charlemange the emperor of Rome, formalizing the future arrangement where the leader of the Holy Roman Empire would be crowned by the pope in return for pledging to defend the church. This would be in place for a good 600 years, until the ceremony moved to Germany.
Leo almost didn't get to do this, as he was driven out of Rome for a time by a group loyal to the previous pope that wanted a more patrician candidate to take office. Leo took back the papacy with the help of Charlemange, setting the stage for what was to come.
06 March 2010
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