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Leoluca

Calabrian abbot

SaintByzantine EmpireBasilian monksPre-congregation

Feast: 1 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
815
Died
915
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Leoluca, also known as Leone Luca, Leo Luke of Corleone, or Luke of Sicily (c. 815 – c. 915) was the abbot and wonderworker of the monastery of Mount Mula in Calabria, and a founder of Italo-Greek monasticism in southern Italy. He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q1132902 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Leoluca (CC BY-SA)

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