For the first time in imperial history, Leo I's coronation included a second ceremony in the Church of the Holy Wisdom in which the patriarch placed the crown on the emperor's head during a high mass. This tradition of the patriarch crowning the emperor continued until the very end of the Byzantine Empire.
Also known as: Leo I with Patriarchal Ceremony
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For the first time in imperial history, Leo I's coronation included a second ceremony in the Church of the Holy Wisdom in which the patriarch placed the crown on the emperor's head during a high mass. This tradition of the patriarch crowning the emperor continued until the very end of the Byzantine Empire.
“Within weeks of his coronation, he had started quarreling with Asper, and made it his mission”
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