St. Leo
Encyclopedia
Places
United States- St. Leo, FloridaSt. Leo, FloridaSt. Leo is a town in Pasco County, Florida, United States. It is a suburb included in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 595 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 1,249.It is best known as...
- Saint Leo UniversitySaint Leo UniversitySaint Leo University is a private, non-profit, Roman Catholic liberal arts university established in 1889 and located in Saint Leo, Florida, 35 miles north of Tampa. The University is associated with the Holy Name Monastery, a Benedictine convent, and Saint Leo Abbey, a Benedictine monastery...
- St. Leo Abbey Historic DistrictSt. Leo Abbey Historic DistrictThe St. Leo Abbey Historic District is a U.S. historic district in St. Leo, Florida, on the campus on Saint Leo University. The district is at 33701 SR 52, encompasses , and contains 3 historic buildings. On January 7, 1998, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.-External...
- Saint Leo University
- St. Leo, KansasSt. Leo, KansasSt. Leo is an unincorporated community in southwestern Kingman County, Kansas, United States. It is six miles north of K-42. St. Leo features a Catholic church and has an active parish community. The statistics of St...
- St. Leo, MinnesotaSt. Leo, MinnesotaSt. Leo is a city in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 100 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...
- Saint Leo the Great ParishSaint Leo the Great ParishSaint Leo the Great Parish is a territorial parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California. The parish was founded in 1923 and named for Pope Leo I, a Doctor of the Church. St. Leo the Great Parish operates Saint Leo the Great School, and is the namesake of the surrounding St. Leo's...
, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose, California
Australia
- St. Leo's Catholic CollegeSt. Leo's Catholic CollegeSt Leo's Catholic College is a secondary Catholic college in the North Shore suburb of Wahroonga in Sydney, Australia.- Alumni :* Luke Davies, author* American-Australian actor Mel Gibson attended St Leo's Catholic College in the early 1970s....
, Sydney - St Leo's College, University of Queensland, Brisbane
Canada
- Saint Leo's Elementary School (Brantford)Saint Leo's Elementary School (Brantford)St. Leo's Elementary School is a Roman Catholic elementary school in Brantford, Ontario. It teaches grades JK to 8. Great students like Jacob Spencer, Jordyn Rizzo and well all the grade 7.dents-External links:**...
, Ontario - St. Leos, Mimico (Etobicoke)
Ireland
- St Leo's College, Carlow
People
- Pope Leo IPope Leo IPope Leo I was pope from September 29, 440 to his death.He was an Italian aristocrat, and is the first pope of the Catholic Church to have been called "the Great". He is perhaps best known for having met Attila the Hun in 452, persuading him to turn back from his invasion of Italy...
, pope and saint - Pope Leo IIPope Leo II-Background and early activity in the Church:He was a Sicilian by birth , and succeeded Agatho. Though elected pope a few days after the death of St. Agatho , he was not consecrated till after the lapse of a year and seven months...
, pope and saint - Pope Leo IIIPope Leo IIIPope Saint Leo III was Pope from 795 to his death in 816. Protected by Charlemagne from his enemies in Rome, he subsequently strengthened Charlemagne's position by crowning him as Roman Emperor....
, pope and saint - Pope Leo IVPope Leo IVPope Saint Leo IV was pope from 10 April 847 to 17 July 855.A Roman by birth, he was unanimously chosen to succeed Sergius II. When he was elected, on 10 April 847, he was cardinal of Santi Quattro Coronati, and had been subdeacon of Gregory IV and archpriest under his predecessor...
, pope and saint - Pope Leo IXPope Leo IXPope Saint Leo IX , born Bruno of Eguisheim-Dagsburg, was Pope from February 12, 1049 to his death. He was a German aristocrat and as well as being Pope was a powerful secular ruler of central Italy. He is regarded as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, with the feast day of April 19...
, pope and saint - Saint Leo of CataniaSaint Leo of CataniaSaint Leo of Catania, nicknamed the Thaumaturgus was the fifteenth bishop of Catania, famed also for his love and care toward the poor. His feast day occurs on the day of his death in which he is venerated as a Saint both by Catholics and the Orthodox Church. He lived in the lapse of time between...
, saint and bishop of Catania in Sicily
Other
- St. Leo's, an early twentieth century American soccer team