Leo IX

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German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054)

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The ideals that it was based upon were brought to the papacy by Pope Leo IX (pope 1049–1054), and provided the ideology of the clerical independence that led to the Investiture Controversy in the late 11th century. Source: Internet

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