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{{Infobox Christian leader
|type = Pope
|honorific-prefix=Pope Saint
|name=Leo IV
|image=Pope Leo IV.jpg
|image_size=220px
|birth_name=
|term_start=10 April 847
|term_end=17 July 855
|predecessor=[[Pope Sergius II|Sergius II]]
|successor=[[Pope Benedict III|Benedict III]]
|birth_date=790
|birth_place=[[Rome]], [[Papal States]]
|death_date={{death date|df=yes|855|7|17}}
|death_place=Rome, Papal States
|other=
}}
'''Pope Saint Leo IV''' (790 – 17 July 855) was [[pope]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] from 10 April 847 until he died in 855.

He was born in [[Rome]]. He died in Rome on 17 July 855 and was buried in St. Peter's Basilica. There was a medieval tradition that had claimed that a woman, [[Pope Joan]], had succeeded him by disguising herself as a man but she is believed to be fictitious.

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[[Category:790 births]]
[[Category:855 deaths]]
[[Category:Italian popes|Leo 04]]
[[Category:People from Rome]]