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Saints and Blesseds

Saint Lea di Roma

Died:

384.03.22 (Ostia, Italy)

Layperson. Widow. Follower of Saint Jerome.

Saint Leandro

Born:	534? (Cartagena, Spain)
Died:	600.03.13 (Sevilla, Spain † 65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (579 – 600.03.13)

Archbishop. Brother of Saint Isidore of Seville, Saint Fulgencio and Saint Florentina de Cartagena.

Blessed Leandro Cuesta Andrés, O.S.B.

Born:	1870.03.30 (Rupelo, Burgos, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1894.12.22
Died:	1936.08.28 🩸 (Barbastro, Huesca, Spain † 66)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Priest of Solesmes Congregation. Martyr.

Blessed Leandro Gómez Gil, O.C.S.O.

Born:	1915.03.13 (Hontomín, Burgos, Spain)
Died:	1936.12.31 🩸 (Santander, Cantabria, Spain † 21)
Beatified:	2015.10.03 (Santander, Cantabria, Spain)

Religious of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists). Martyr.

Blessed Leandro José Aloy Domenech, O.H.

Born:	1872.11.16 (Bétera, Valencia, Spain)
Died:	1936.10.04 🩸 (La Malvarrosa, Valencia, Spain † 63)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Martyr.

Saint Lebuinus van Deventer

Born:	(England)
Died:	773? (Deventer, Netherlands)

Priest. Collaborator of Saint Marcellinus van Deventer.

Saint Léger d’Autun

Born:	615?
Died:	678.10.02 🩸 († 62)

Bishop of Autun (France) (660 – 678.10.02)

Bishop. Brother of Saint Guérin de Vergy. Martyr.

Blessed Lek Sirdani

Born:	1891.03.01 (Bogë, Shkodër, Albania)
Ordained Priest:	1916.04.24
Died:	1948.07.29 🩸 (Koplek, Shkodër, Albania † 57)
Beatified:	2016.11.05 (Shkodër, Shkodër, Albania)

Priest of Shkodrë. Martyr.

Saint Lelia of Killeely

Died:

VI century (Ireland)

Layperson.

Saint Leo

Died:

III century? 🩸 (Myra, Turkiye)

Layperson. Martyr.

Blessed Leo Aibara
レオン・同息子 (日本語)

Born:	(Japan)
Died:	1628.09.08 🩸 (Nagasaki, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:	1867.07.07

Layperson of Nagasaki. Member of Lay Dominicans. Son of Blessed Paulus Aibara Sandayū. Martyr.

Saint Leo di Africo

Died:

XII century? (Áfrico, Italy)

Hermit.

Blessed Leo Hayashida Sukeemon
レオ林田助右衛門 (日本語)

Born:	(Arima, 兵庫県, 関西地方, Japan)
Died:	1613.10.07 🩸 (Arima, 兵庫県, 関西地方, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Nagasaki. Married. Husband of Blessed Martha Hayashida. Martyr.

Blessed Leo Hong In
홍 인 레오 (한국어)
洪鏔 (正體中文)

Born:	1758 (Seoul, South Korea)
Died:	1802.01.30 🩸 (Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea † 43)
Beatified:	2014.08.16 (Seoul, South Korea)

Layperson. Martyr.

Saint Leo I

Born:	400? (Tuscania, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	440.09.29
Died:	461.09.10 (Roma, Italy † 60)
Proclaimed Doctor of the Church:	1754.10.15

Supreme Pontiff (440.09.29 – 461.09.10)

Pope. Doctor of the Church.

Saint Leo IX
Brunone dei conti di Egisheim-Dagsburg

Born:	1002.06.21 (Egisheim, France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1026
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1049.02.02
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1049.02.12
Died:	1054.04.19 (Roma, Italy † 51)
Canonised:	1082

Bishop of Toul (France) (1027.09.09 – 1049.02.02)

Supreme Pontiff (1049.02.02 [1049.02.12] – 1054.04.19)

Pope.

Saint Leo Karasumaru
レオン烏丸 (日本語)

Born:	(Owari, 愛知県, 中部地方, Japan)
Died:	1597.02.05 🩸 (Nishizaka, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:	1627.09.14
Canonised:	1862.06.08

Layperson of Nagasaki. Member of Secular Franciscans. Catechist. Martyr.

Blessed Leo Kyūsuke
レオ金助 (日本語)

Born:	(Owari, 愛知県, 中部地方, Japan)
Died:	1619.10.06 🩸 (Kyōto, 京都府, 関西地方, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Kyoto. Married. Husband of Blessed Martha. Martyr.

Blessed Leo Nakajima Sōkan
レオ中山宗寛 (日本語)

Born:	(Fukae, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Died:	1627.02.28 🩸 (Unzen, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Nagasaki. Martyr.

Blessed Leo Nakanishi
レオン中西 (日本語)

Born:	1577? (Yamaguchi, 山口県, 中国地方, Japan)
Died:	1619.11.27 🩸 (Nagasaki, 長崎県, 九州, Japan † 41)
Beatified:	1867.07.07

Layperson of Nagasaki. Member of Confraternity of the Rosary. Martyr.

Blessed Leo Saisho Shichiemon
レオ税所七右衛門 (日本語)

Born:	1569? (Jōnai, Miyakonojō, 宮崎県, 九州, Japan)
Died:	1608.11.17 🩸 (Sendai, 鹿児島県, 九州, Japan † 38)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Kagoshima. Member of Confraternity of the Rosary. Martyr.

Blessed Leo Satsuma
レオン・デ・薩摩 (日本語)

Born:	(Japan)
Died:	1622.09.10 🩸 (Nishizaka, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:	1867.07.07

Layperson of Nagasaki. Member of Secular Franciscans. Catechist. Martyr.

Blessed Leo Sukeemon
レオン助右衛門 (日本語)

Born:	(Japan)
Died:	1622.08.19 🩸 (Nagasaki, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Beatified:	1867.07.07

Layperson of Nagasaki. Member of Confraternity of the Rosary. Martyr.

Blessed Leo Takedomi Kan’Emon
レオ竹富勘右衛門 (日本語)

Born:	(Arima, 兵庫県, 関西地方, Japan)
Died:	1613.10.07 🩸 (Arima, 兵庫県, 関西地方, Japan)
Beatified:	2008.11.24 (Nagasaki, Japan)

Layperson of Nagasaki. Married. Martyr.

Blessed Leo Tanaka
レオン田中 (日本語)

Born:	1590? (Ōmi, 滋賀県, 関西地方, Japan)
Died:	1617.06.01 🩸 (Ōmura, 長崎県, 九州, Japan † 26)
Beatified:	1867.07.07

Layperson of Nagasaki. Catechist. Martyr.

Saint Leoba, O.S.B.
Lioba von Tauberbischofsheim

Born:	700 (Wessex, England)
Died:	782.09.28 (Schornsheim, Germany † 81)

Abbess and religious of Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictine Nuns). Abbess of Bischofheim Monastery. Relative of Saint Boniface.

Saint Léobon de Salagnac

Born:	(Fursac, France)
Died:	VI century (Limousin, France)

Hermit.

Saint Léocade

Died:

IV century (France)

Layperson. Senator. Father of Saint Ludre. Converted by Saint Ursin and Saint Just.

Saint Leocadia de Toledo

Born:	III century (Toledo, Spain)
Died:	303.12.09? 🩸 (Toledo, Spain)

Layperson. Martyr.

Saint Leocricia de Córdoba

Died:

859.03.15 🩸 (Córdoba, Spain)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Eulogio de Córdoba. Martyr.

Saint Leoluca di Corleone

Born:	815? (Corleone, Italy)
Died:	915 (Vibo Valentia, Italy † 100)

Abbot. Basilian monk.

Blessed León Argimiro, F.M.S.
Argimiro García Sandoval (secular name)

Born:	1913.07.31 (Calzadilla de los Hermanillos, León, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.20 🩸 (Madrid, Spain † 22)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Marist Brothers. Martyr.

Blessed León de la Virgen del Rosario, O.A.R.
León Inchausti y Minteguía (secular name)

Born:	1859.06.27 (Ajánguiz, Vizcaya, Spain)
Died:	1936.07.25 🩸 (Motril, Granada, Spain † 77)
Beatified:	1999.03.07

Priest of Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects). Martyr.

Saint León de Troyes

Died:

550? (Mautenay, France)

Abbot. Abbot of Mautenay.

Blessed León Gonzaga, O.S.B. Subl.
León Alesanco Maestro (secular name)

Born:	1882.05.22 (San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja, Spain)
Died:	1936.11.30 🩸 (Barcelona, Spain † 54)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Priest of Subiaco Benedictine Congregation. Martyr.

Saint Léon-Ignace Mangin, S.J.
任德芬 (正體中文)

Born:	1857.07.30 (Verny, Moselle, France)
Ordained Priest:	1886.07.31
Died:	1900.07.20 🩸 (Zhujiahe, Jingxian, 河北, China † 42)
Beatified:	1955.04.17
Canonised:	2000.10.01

Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Martyr.

Blessed León Justino, F.S.C.
Francisco del Valle Villar (secular name)

Born:	1906.05.25 (Grañon, Logroño, Spain)
Died:	1936.12.09 🩸 (Manresa, Barcelona, Spain † 30)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

Blessed León María de Alacuás, T.C.
Manuel Legua Martí (secular name)

Born:	1875.04.23 (Alaquàs, Valencia, Spain)
Died:	1936.09.26 🩸 (Madrid, Spain † 61)
Beatified:	2001.03.11

Priest of Capuchin Tertiary Religious of Our Lady of Sorrows (Amigonian Friars). Martyr.

Blessed Léon, F.S.C.
Jean Mopinot (secular name)

Born:	1724.12.12 (Rheims, Ardennes, France)
Died:	1794.05.21 🩸 (ship at Deux-Associés, Rochefort, France † 69)
Beatified:	1995.10.01

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

Blessed Leon Nowakowski

Born:	1913.06.28 (Bytoń, Radziejów, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1937.06.20
Died:	1939.10.31 🩸 (Piotrków Kujawski, Radziejów, Poland † 26)
Beatified:	1999.06.13 (Warszawa, Poland)

Priest of Włocławek. Martyr.

Saint Leonard de Noblat

Born:	496? (Orléans, France)
Died:	559.11.06 (Noblac, France † 62)

Abbot. Deacon. Hermit.

Blessed Léonard, O.C.D.
Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil (secular name)

Born:	1737? (Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France)
Died:	1794.07.01 🩸 (ship at Deux-Associés, Rochefort, France † 56)
Beatified:	1995.10.01

Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites (Teresian Carmelites). Martyr.

Blessed Léonard, O.F.M. Cap.
Youssef Habib Melki (secular name)

Born:	1881.10.01 (B’abdāt, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1904.12.04
Died:	1915.06.11 🩸 (Mardin, Turkiye † 33)
Beatified:	2022.06.04 (Bqennaya, Lebanon)

Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans). Martyr.

Blessed Leonardo

Born:	(Italy)
Died:	1255.08.18 (Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy)
Beatified:	1928.05.16 (equipollently)

Abbot.

Saint Leonardo da Porto Maurizio, O.F.M.
Paolo Girolamo Casanova (secular name)

Born:	1676.12.20 (Porto Maurizio, Italy)
Died:	1751.11.26 (Roma, Italy † 74)
Beatified:	1796.06.19
Canonised:	1867.06.29

Priest of Order of Observant Friars Minor.

Blessed Leonardo José, F.S.C.
José María Aragonés Mateu (secular name)

Born:	1886.05.21 (Tarragona, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.09 🩸 (Traveserres, Lleida, Spain † 50)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

Saint Leonardo Murialdo, C.S.I.

Born:	1828.10.26 (Torino, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1851.09.20
Died:	1900.03.30 (Torino, Italy † 71)
Beatified:	1963.11.03
Canonised:	1970.05.03

Founder of Congregation of Saint Joseph (1873.03.19)

Superior General of Congregation of Saint Joseph (1873.03.19 – 1900.03.30)

Priest of Congregation of Saint Joseph.

Blessed Leonardo Olivera Buera

Born:	1889.03.06 (Campo, Huesca, Spain)
Died:	1936.10.23 🩸 (El Saler, Valencia, Spain † 47)
Beatified:	2001.03.11

Priest of Zaragoza. Martyr.

Blessed Leonardus Kimura, S.J.
レオナルド木村 (日本語)

Born:	1575? (Nagasaki, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Died:	1619.11.18 🩸 (Nishizaka, 長崎県, 九州, Japan † 43)
Beatified:	1867.07.07

Religious of Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Martyr.

Saint Leonardus van Veghel
Lenaert (Nederlands)

Born:	1527 (‘s-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)
Died:	1572.07.09 🩸 (Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands † 44)
Beatified:	1675.11.24
Canonised:	1867.06.29

Priest of Utrecht. Martyr.

Blessed Leoncio Arce Urrutia, O.P.

Born:	1899.01.12 (Villareal, Álava, Spain)
Died:	1936.09.10 🩸 (Madrid, Spain † 37)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Martyr.

Blessed Leoncio Joaquín, F.S.C.
Joaquim Pallerola Feu (secular name)

Born:	1892.07.02 (La Seu d’Urgell, Lleida, Spain)
Died:	1936.09.01 🩸 (Vinyols, Tarragona, Spain † 44)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

Blessed Leoncio Lope García, O.E.S.A.

Born:	1902.04.24 (Tordómar, Burgos, Spain)
Died:	1936.10.28 🩸 (Neila, Santander, Spain † 34)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Religious of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine (Augustinian Hermits). Martyr.

Blessed Leoncio Pérez Nebreda, C.M.

Born:	1895.03.18 (Villarmentero, Burgos, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.02 🩸 (Las Planas de Oliete, Teruel, Spain † 41)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Priest of Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists). Martyr.

Blessed Leoncio Pérez Ramos, C.M.F.

Born:	1875.09.12 (Muro de Aguas, Logroño, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.02 🩸 (Barbastro, Huesca, Spain † 60)
Beatified:	1992.10.25

Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians). Martyr.

Blessed Leoncio Rosell Laboria, O.H.

Born:	1897.12.13 (Barcelona, Spain)
Died:	1936.08.11 🩸 (Valencia, Spain † 38)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Priest of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Martyr.

Blessed Leone

Born:	1239 (Italy)
Died:	1295.08.19 (Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy † 55)
Beatified:	1928.05.16 (equipollently)

Abbot.

Saint Leone, O.F.M.

Died:	1227.10 🩸 (Ceuta, Spain)
Canonised:	1516.01.22 (equipollently)

Priest of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans). Martyr.

Saint Leone da Lucca, O.S.B.

Died:	1079.07.12 (Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy)
Canonised:	1893.12.21 (equipollently)

Abbot and religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines). Second abbot of Badia di Cava.

Blessed Leone Wetmański

Born:	1886.04.10 (Zuromin, Mazowieckie, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1912.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.04.22
Died:	1941.10.10 🩸 (Działdowo, Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Poland † 55)
Beatified:	1999.06.13 (Warszawa, Poland)

Titular Bishop of Camachus (1927.12.19 – 1941.10.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland) (1927.12.19 – 1941.10.10)

Bishop. Martyr.

Blessed Leonella Sgorbati, I.S.M.C.

Born:	1940.12.09 (Gazzola, Italy)
Died:	2006.09.17 🩸 (Mogadiscio, Somalia † 65)
Beatified:	2018.05.26 (Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy)

Religious of Consolata Missionary Sisters. Martyr.

Blessed Leonid F’odorov, M.S.U. (Ukrainian Rite)
Леонід Фьодоров (Українська)

Born:	1879.11.04 (St Peterburg, Russia)
Ordained Priest:	1911.03.25
Died:	1935.03.07 🩸 (Kirov, Russia † 55)
Beatified:	2001.06.27 (Lviv, Ukraine)

Apostolic Exarch of Russia of the Russians (Russia) (1917.05.28 – 1935.03.07)

Priest of Ukrainian Studite Monks. Martyr.

Saint Leonidas of Corinth

Died:

250? 🩸 (Corinth, Greece)

Layperson. Died with 7 virgins. Martyr.

Blessed Leónides Francisco, F.S.C.
Colóm González (secular name)

Born:	1887.07.12 (Santa Magdalena de Pulpis, Castellón de la Plana, Spain)
Died:	1936.11.03 🩸 (Barcelona, Spain † 49)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Religious of Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasalians, De La Salle Brothers). Martyr.

Blessed Leónides, F.M.S.
Jerónimo Messegue Ribera (secular name)

Born:	1884.01.27 (Castelló de Farfanya, Lleida, Spain)
Died:	1936.10.08 🩸 (Montcada, Barcelona, Spain † 52)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Religious of Marist Brothers. Martyr.

Saint Leonides of Alexandria

Died:

202 🩸 (Alexandria, Egypt)

Layperson. Martyr.

Saint Léonien de Vienne

Born:	(Szombathely, Hungary)
Died:	570 (Vienne, France)
Canonised:	1903.12.09 (equipollently)

Abbot. Abbot of Vienne.

Saint Leonilla

Died:

175? 🩸 (Cappadocia, Turkiye)

Layperson. Elder sister of Saint Speusippus, Saint Eleusippus and Saint Melapsippus. Martyr.

Saint Leontius

Died:

IV century 🩸 (Tripoli in Phoenicia, Lebanon)

Layperson. Soldier. Martyr.

Saint Leontius

Died:

320? 🩸 (Nicopolis, Armenia)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Mauricius, Saint Daniel, Saint Anthony, Saint Anicetus and Saint Sisinius. Martyr.

Saint Leontius

Died:

237 🩸 (Alexandria, Egypt)

Layperson. Companion of Saint Hieronides, Saint Serapion, Saint Silesius, Saint Valerian and Saint Strato. Martyr.

Saint Leopold III

Born:	1073 (Melk, Austria)
Died:	1136.11.15 (Klosterneuburg, Austria † 62)
Canonised:	1485.01.06 (equipollently)

Margrave of Austria.

Saint Leopold Mandić, O.F.M. Cap.

Born:	1866.05.12 (Herceg Novi, Montenegro)
Ordained Priest:	1890.09.20
Died:	1942.07.30 (Padvoa, Italy † 76)
Beatified:	1976.05.02
Canonised:	1983.10.15

Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans).

Blessed Leopoldina Naudet

Born:	1773.05.13 (Firenze, Italy)
Died:	1834.08.17 (Verona, Italy † 61)
Beatified:	2017.04.29 (Verona, Verona, Italy)

Religious of Congregation of Dilette of Jesus. Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Verona.

Blessed Leopoldo da Alpandeire, O.F.M. Cap.
Francisco Tomás Márquez Sánchez (secular name)

Born:	1864.06.24 (Alpandeire, Spain)
Died:	1956.02.09 (Granada, Spain † 91)
Beatified:	2010.09.12 (Armilla, Spain)

Religious of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans).

Blessed Leopoldo da Gaiche, O.F.M. Cap.
Giovanni Croci (secular name)

Born:	1732.10.30 (Gaiche di Piegaro, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1757
Died:	1815.04.02 (Monteluco, Italy † 82)
Beatified:	1893.03.12

Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans).

Blessed Leopoldo de Francisco Pío, O.H.

Born:	1877.08.03 (Caravaca, Murcia, Spain)
Died:	1936.10.04 🩸 (La Malvarrosa, Valencia, Spain † 59)
Beatified:	2013.10.13 (Tarragona, Spain)

Religious of Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Martyr.

Blessed Leopoldo José, F.M.S.
Florentino Redondo Insausti (secular name)

Born:	1885.03.14 (Cárcar, Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain)
Died:	1936.10.08 🩸 (Montcada, Barcelona, Spain † 51)
Beatified:	2007.10.28

Religious of Marist Brothers. Martyr.

Blessed Leovigildo Ávalos González

Born:	1876.07.06 (Posadas, Córdoba, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1901.09.21
Died:	1936.07.23 🩸 (Posadas, Córdoba, Spain † 60)
Beatified:	2021.10.16 (Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain)