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Leonidas of Corinth
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 16 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Corinth in the region of Achaia in Greece, Saint Leonidas and seven women companions, martyrs, who, after suffering various torments, were drowned in the sea.
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 16 April as a martyr drowned in the sea at Corinth with seven women companions.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q16328598 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.