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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Leucius, bishop and martyr of Brindisi

Saint ID

S02221

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04603The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 8 January.
E04606The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 11 January.
E06425Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 11.57) of 601, to Petrus, bishop of Otranto, asks that contact relics (sanctuaria) of *Leucius (bishop and martyr of Brindisi, S02221) be provided from Brindisi (southern Italy), for a church and monastery five miles from Rome, dedicated to Leucius, to replace sanctuaria that had been stolen. Written in Latin in Rome.