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Leone di Bayonne
Bishop and martyr
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 1 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
856
Died
890
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Gascony, in France, Saint Leo, bishop and martyr.
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 1 March as a bishop and martyr in Gascony.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2761571 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.