Leonorus


Saint Leonorus was a Welsh monk who was active in Brittany.

Life

Saint Leonorus was born in Wales, son of King Hoel I and Saint Koupaïa.
He was consecrated as a bishop by Saint Dubricius.
He founded a monastery at Pontual to the south of Loctudy, Brittany.
He is said to have hung his coat on a sunbeam.
He died about 570.
His feast day is 1 July.

Monks of Ramsgate account

The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, wrote in their Book of Saints,

Owen's account

in his Sanctorale Catholicum under July 1 wrote,

Butler's account

The hagiographer Alban Butler wrote in his Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, under July 1,