Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Leodegar, Saint (LEGER) Bishop of Autun, b. about 615; d. a martyr in 678, at Sarcing, Somme. His mother was called Sigrada, and his father Bobilo. His parents being of high rank, his early childhood was passed at the court of Clotaire II. He went later to Poitiers, to study under the guidance of his … Continue reading “Leodegar, Saint”

Leodegar a saint (in French St. Leger), was born about 616. He was educated by his uncle (some say his grandfather), the bishop of Poitiers, who made him archdeacon. Leodegar was afterwards called to the court as adviser of Bathilde, and tutor of her young son Chotaire. In 659 he was appointed bishop of Autun. … Continue reading “Leodegar”

Leocadia, Saint Virgin and martyr, d. 9 December, probably 304, in the Diocletian persecution. The last great persecution gave the Church in Spain a succession of martyrs, who from 303 until 305 suffered death for the Christian Faith. In the historical martyrologies of the ninth century, St. Leocadia of Toledo is honoured among these martyrs … Continue reading “Leocadia, Saint”

Leoah LEOAH.The son of Er (1Ch 4:21). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

Leoacute;n, Luis de Spanish poet and theologian, b. at Belmonte, Aragon, in 1528; d. at Madrigal, 23 August, 1591. He came from an honourable bourgeois family, his father being “king’s advocate” at Madrid. At fourteen the youth was sent to Salamanca to study law. Six months later he entered the Augustinian convent of that city. … Continue reading “Leoacute;n, Luis de”

Leoacute;n DIOCESE OF LEÓN (LEONENSIS) Suffragan of Michoacan in Mexico, erected in 1863. In the early days of the discovery of Mexico the whole country was divided into dioceses subject to the Archbishop of Seville in Spain as metropolitan. Among those was Michoacan, erected as a bishopric in 1536. On 31 January, 1545, at the … Continue reading “Leoacute;n”

Leo XIII, Pope (Gioacchino Vincenzo Pecci) (1878-1903) Born Carpineto, near Anagni, Italy, 1810; died Rome. He studied under the Jesuits at Viterbo and at the Roman College, acquiring that classical facility in Latin and Italian, later justly admired in his official writings and poems. He entered the Academy of Noble Ecclesiastics and the University of … Continue reading “Leo XIII, Pope”

Leo XII, Pope (Annibale Francesco della Genga) (1823-1829) Born near Spoleto, Italy, 1760; died Rome. He was appointed Titular Archbishop of Tyre, and sent as nuncio to Lucerne, 1792; to Cologne, 1794; to the Diet of Ratisbon, 1805. As pope, he combated the indifferentism and Protestant proselytism of the period, and stimulated the devotion of … Continue reading “Leo XII, Pope”

Leo XII Pope (cardinal Annibale della Genga), was born in the district of Spolcto in 1760, of a noble family of the Romagna; was made archbishop of Tyre in 1793, and was later employed as nuncio to Germany and France by Pius VII, who made him a cardinal in 1816. On the death of this … Continue reading “Leo XII”

Leo XI, Pope Reigned from 1 April to 27 April 1605 . Born on 2 June 1535 in Florence, Italy as Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici; died in Rome, Italy on 27 April 1605 . Of a famous Florentine family he held the position of ambassador at the court of Tuscany for 15 years; then he … Continue reading “Leo XI, Pope”