Leo of Catania
Italian saint
Feast: 20 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Leo of Catania, also known as the Thaumaturgus, or St Leo the Wonderworker in Sicily (May 703 or 709 – 20 February 789), was the fifteenth bishop of Catania, famed also for his love and care toward the poor. His feast day occurs on 20 February, the day of his death, when he is venerated as a saint by both Roman Catholics and the Orthodox Church. He lived in the hiatus between the reigns of the Emperors Justinian II and Constantine VI (the unpopular Justinian was killed in 711, and his six-year-old son Tiberius was murdered shortly thereafter. It was not to be until 790 that Constantine reached maturity, to assume sole reign).
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Justinian II Saint“He lived in the hiatus between the reigns of the Emperors Justinian II and Constantine VI (the unpopular Justinian was killed in 711, and his six-year-old son Tiberius was murdered shortly thereafter.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q2535424 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Leo of Catania (CC BY-SA)
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