Saint
Leontius the Younger
Bishop of Bordeaux
Bishop of Bordeaux and builder of churches, reposed around 565.
Life
Saint Leontius the Younger (Leontius II) was born around 510 and was a soldier, serving against the Visigoths. He married and settled at Bordeaux in France, where he became bishop. He took part in the Council of Paris of 553 and reposed around 565.
He is commemorated on 11 July among the saints of the West before the Great Schism (a saint of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.
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