Justification of Leo III

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Justification of Leo III
Justification of Leo III
Room of the Fire in the Borgo

The Oath of Leo III illustrates an episode that took place the day before the crowning of Charlemagne, when the Pope responded to the calumnies of the nephews of his predecessor Hadrian I by reaffirming the principle that the vicar of Christ is responsible to God alone for his actions.