Jean-Marie Léonard (Louis Léonard)
French Cistercian abbot of Fontfroide
Who they were
A priest of Nîmes who became a Cistercian and abbot of Fontfroide abbey in southern France. The informative process opened at Carcassonne on 30 December 1960. Santi e Beati gives his birth as 7 July 1815 at Valbonne, against the Hagiography Circle's 8 June 1815.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
A priest of Nîmes who became a Cistercian and abbot of Fontfroide abbey in southern France. The informative process opened at Carcassonne on 30 December 1960. Santi e Beati gives his birth as 7 July 1815 at Valbonne, against the Hagiography Circle's 8 June 1815.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.