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Leo of Sens

bishop of Sens

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Feast: 22 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
541
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

At Sens in the territory of Neustria, in France, Saint Leo, bishop.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 22 April as a bishop of Sens.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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