San Leonino

Who they were

Leonino was a bishop of Padua, believed to have lived in the first half of the 3rd century. In the 13th-century catalogue of the diocese's bishops recorded in the Liber Regiminum Paduae, he appears tenth, after Suero and before Mariano. He is also mentioned in Rolandino of Padua's chronicle and in the Liber Niger of Padua's Biblioteca Capitolare, which states that he was "canonised," describing him as "a poor man of Padua shining with virtue."

His body first lay in the basilica of Santa Giustina, later in an oratory built in his honour at Prato della Valle, and since 1809 has rested in Padua's cathedral, behind the altar of the chapel of San Lorenzo Giustiniani. His feast is kept on 5 November.

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

Bishop of Padua in the 3rd century, called "canonised" in old diocesan records; feast 5 November.