Leonorus
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Saint Leonorus (or Leonorious, Leonorius, Léonor, Lunaire; died 560) was a Welsh monk who was active in Brittany.
Saint Leonorus (or Leonorious, Leonorius, Léonor, Lunaire; died 560) was a Welsh monk who was active in Brittany.
Life
Saint Leonorus was born in Wales, son of King Hoel I and Saint Koupaïa (Pompeia of Langoat). He was consecrated as a bishop by Saint Dubricius. He founded a monastery at Pontual to the south of Loctudy, Brittany. He is said to have hung his coat on a sunbeam. He died about 570. His feast day is 1 July.
Monks of Ramsgate account
The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, wrote in their Book of Saints (1921),
Owen's account
Robert Owen (1820–1902) in his Sanctorale Catholicum under July 1 wrote,
Butler's account
The hagiographer Alban Butler (1710–1773) wrote in his Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, under July 1,
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