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Leoba

Anglo-Saxon nun

SaintKingdom of WessexBenedictinesPre-congregation

Feast: 28 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

710

Died

782

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Leoba, (also Lioba (of Tauberbischofsheim) and Leofgyth) (c. 710 – 28 September 782) was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine nun and is recognized as a saint. In 746 she and her companions left Wimborne Minster in Dorset to join her kinsman Boniface in his mission to the German people. Leoba was a learned woman and involved in the foundation of Benedictine nunneries in Kitzingen and Ochsenfurt. She had a leading role in evangelizing the area. Leoba was acclaimed for many miracles: saving a village from fire; saving a town from a terrible storm; protecting the reputation of the nuns in her convent; and saving the life of a fellow nun who was gravely ill – all accomplished through prayer.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

Wikidata Q447002 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Leoba (CC BY-SA)

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