Leo of Sens

Saint Leo of Sens, hierarch, was bishop of Sens in the 6th century, chosen and appointed in 533. He took part in the council of Orléans in 533 and was present in person at that of 538. He is venerated as a saint in the Western Church.

The council of 533, the second held at Orléans, was very well attended: the bishops subject to the Frankish kings Theuderic, Childebert and Clothar came. The council sought to restore the discipline of the Church and condemned simony, the obtaining of a bishopric for money. It forbade priests to live in luxury, renewed the prohibition of ordaining deaconesses, and excommunicated abbots who despised the commands of the bishops. Our source gives no feast day for the saint.