Leo I of Cava
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Saint Leo I of Cava | |
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Abbot | |
Born | ? Lucca |
Died | 1079 Cava de' Tirreni |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Canonized | cultus confirmed in 1893 by Leo XIII |
Feast | July 12 |
Leo I of Cava (Italian: San Leone I Abate; ? –1079) was an Italian abbot and saint. He is remembered as the second abbot of the Abbey of La Trinità della Cava, located at Cava de' Tirreni and is revered as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Veneration
The first four abbots of Cava were officially recognized as saints on December 21, 1893, by Pope Leo XIII. The first four abbots are Alferius; Leo I (1050–79); Peter of Pappacarbone (1079–1122); and Constabilis (1122 - 1124).
See also
- Cava de' Tirreni, Italy (Italia)
- La Trinità della Cava
Bibliography
- Hugone abbate Venusino, Vitae quatuor priorum abbatum cavensium Alferii, Leonis, Petri et Costabilis edizioni Leone Mattei Cerasoli, in Rerum italicarum scriptores – Bologna 1941
- Simeone Leone, Dalla fondazione del cenobio al secolo XVI, in La badia di Cava, edizioni Di Mauro – Cava de’ Tirreni, 1985
- Massimo Buchicchio, Cronotassi degli Abati della Santissima Trinità de La Cava. Cava de' Tirreni, 2010
- Joseph Ratzinger, Santi. Gli autentici apologeti della Chiesa, Lindau Edizioni, Torino 2007 ISBN 978-88-7180-706-5
External links
- (in Italian) San Leone I Abate
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