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Who crowned Charlemagne emperor in 800?
Answer: Pope Leo III
Why: Leo III was later made a saint: his name entered the Roman Martyrology in 1673.
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What people's kingdom did Charlemagne conquer in 774?
Answer: Lombards
Why: From then on he styled himself King of the Franks and of the Lombards.
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Which emperor got Charlemagne declared a saint in 1165?
Answer: Frederick Barbarossa
Why: Antipope Paschal III made the declaration, so the Holy See does not recognize the sainthood.
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Which name do legends give Charlemagne's twelve warriors?
Answer: Paladins
Why: Paladin comes from the Latin palatinus, a title for an officer of the palace.
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Who came from York to run Charlemagne's palace school?
Answer: Alcuin
Why: The English scholar Bede had died in 735, around the time Alcuin was born.
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Who ruled the Byzantine Empire when Charlemagne became emperor?
Answer: Irene
Why: Her rule gave the papacy a pretext: a throne held by a woman could be called vacant.
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