After mistreatment and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disfigurement" id="mwIw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Disfigurement">disfigurement</a> by the citizens of Rome, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_III" id="mwJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pope Leo III">Pope Leo III</a> flees to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francia" id="mwJQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Francia">Frankish</a> court of king <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne" id="mwJg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charlemagne">Charlemagne</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paderborn" id="mwJw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Paderborn">Paderborn</a> for protection.