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Leontius of Tripoli
Roman soldier and Christian martyr
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 18 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
99
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Tripoli in Phoenicia, now in Lebanon, Saint Leontius, soldier, who, subjected to atrocious tortures in prison, obtained the crown of the martyrs.
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 June as a soldier martyred at Tripoli after atrocious tortures in prison.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3271640 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.