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Saint

Latro of Laon

Bishop of Laon

Bishop of Laon, who reposed in the 6th century, venerated in the Western Church.

Reposed
5706th century
Place
Laon
Order
Hierarchs

Life

Saint Latro of Laon, hierarch (in French Latron or Larron), was born around 499 and died in 570. He was a Frankish bishop of Laon and succeeded his father, Saint Genebald, in the see. It is said that he was conceived while his father was already a bishop. His name means "thief" in Latin. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church; our sources preserve no other details of his life.