Saint Leobald of Fleury

Also known as

• Leodebod of Fleury

Memorial

• 8 August

Profile

Benedictine monk. Founded Fleury Abbey (modern Fleury-Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire) near Orleans, France, c.640, and served as its first abbot.

Died

• 650

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Leobald of Fleury”. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-leobald-of-fleury/>