Catholic Dictionary
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LEONINE CITY
That part of Rome situated on the right bank of the Tiber, so called in honor of Pope St. Leo IV, who between 848 and 852 surrounded it with a wall when the Moslems were threatening the city. It contains the Basilica of St. Peter and the Vatican.
