What is Pope Leo VII?
{{Infobox Christian leader |type = Pope |honorific-prefix=Pope |name=Leo VII |image=Pope Leo VII.jpg |image_size=220px |birth_name= |term_start=3 January 936 |term_end=13 July 939 |predecessor=[[Pope John XI|John XI]] |successor=[[Pope Stephen VIII|Stephen VIII]] |birth_date=??? |birth_place= |death_date=13 July 939 |death_place= |other= }} '''Pope Leo VII''' (??? − 13 July 939) was [[pope]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] from 3 January 936 until he died on 13 July 939. He called for [[Odo of Cluny]] to mediate between [[Alberic II of Spoleto]] and [[Hugh of Italy]]. Odo successfully negotiated a truce after he arranged a marriage between Hugh's daughter Alda and Alberic. He was appointed Frederick, Archbishop of Mainz as a reformer in Germany. He allowed Frederick to drive out [[Jews]] that had refused to be baptized but he also did not endorse the forced baptism of Jews.<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Brusher S. J.|title=Popes Through The Ages}}</ref> He died on 13 July 939. After he died, he was interred into [[St. Peter's Basilica]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{S-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{S-bef|before=[[Pope John XI|John XI]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Pope]]|years=936–939}} {{s-aft|after=[[Pope Stephen VIII|Stephen VIII]]}} {{end}} {{Popes}} {{multistub|bio|religion}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Leo 07}} [[Category:996 deaths]] [[Category:Popes|Leo VII]] [[Category:Year of birth unknown]]