What’s in a name? In the Catholic imagination, a papal name carries symbolic weight and historical resonance. The choice of Leo—a name meaning lion—evokes not only strength and leadership, but also centuries of artistic and cultural patronage that helped define the visual identity of the Church. From the theological authority of Leo the Great, whose influence was later immortalized in marble by Alessandro Algardi, to the flamboyant grandeur of Leo X, whose Renaissance court nurtured artists like Raphael, the papal Leos have left behind a legacy that is as visible in stone and canvas as it is in doctrine and diplomacy.