Charlemagne crowned as Emperor by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800. The Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor refers to a ceremony in which the ruler of Europe's then largest political entity received the Imperial Regalia at the hands of the Pope; symbolizing the pope's alleged right to crown Christian sovereigns; and the emperor's role as protector of the Roman Catholic Church.
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