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The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila, Raphael

Catena Aurea on Matthew 27:1–5: Leo the Great

Raphael, The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila, 1514 · Stanze di Raffaello, Vatican · Public domainRaphael, The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila, 1514, Stanze di Raffaello, Vatican

CommentLeo the GreatPublic domainMatthew 27:1–5

When he says, “I have sinned, in that I have betrayed innocent blood,” he persists in his wicked treachery, seeing that amid the last struggles of death he believed not Jesus to be the Son of God, but merely man of our rank; for had he not thus denied His omnipotence, he would have obtained His mercy.

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Also cites: Serm., 52, 5

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