In 1054 papal legate Cardinal Humbert marched into the Orthodox Cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople and banged a bull of excommunication onto the altar. The Greek emperor tried to reconcile the two sides to no avail. The split between the churches dates from then.
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