Saint Leonard of Limoges

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Saint Leonard of Limoges is a 6th-century Frankish saint venerated as the patron of prisoners and captives, renowned for his miracles of liberation and widely honored across medieval Europe.

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Saint Leonard of Limoges canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic saint ⓘ
Christian saint ⓘ
Frankish saint ⓘ
patron saint ⓘ
associatedWith Limousin region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Merovingian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 6th century ⓘ
commemoratedBy pilgrimage to Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Frankish Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultCenter Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultStatus widely honored across medieval Europe ⓘ
ethnicGroup Franks NERFINISHED ⓘ
feastDay 6 November ⓘ
7 November ⓘ
hasHagiography Vita Sancti Leonardi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegend chains and fetters miraculously fell from prisoners ⓘ
freed prisoners by prayer and intercession ⓘ
hasPlaceNamedAfter Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat NERFINISHED ⓘ
churches across England ⓘ
churches across Germany ⓘ
churches across Italy ⓘ
numerous churches in France ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced medieval devotion to prisoners ⓘ
notableFor miracles of liberation of prisoners ⓘ
widespread medieval cult ⓘ
occupation hermit ⓘ
monk ⓘ
patronage captives ⓘ
political prisoners ⓘ
prisoners ⓘ
the falsely accused ⓘ
women in labor ⓘ
placeOfVeneration France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Limoges NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat NERFINISHED ⓘ
medieval Western Europe ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Noblat forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Limoges ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
symbol abandoned chains hung on trees ⓘ
chains ⓘ
fetters ⓘ
manacles ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Saint Leonard of Noblac → hasVariantName → Saint Leonard of Limoges ⓘ