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Léobard
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 18 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
583
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Tours in the territory of Neustria, in France, Saint Léobard, who lived enclosed in a small cell next to the monastery of Marmoutier, shining with a spirit of penance and humility.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 18 March as a recluse beside the monastery of Marmoutier at Tours.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q22205330 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.