Feb 252010
 

[Saint Leolucas of Corleone]
Also known as

  • Leo Luke of Corleone
  • Leoluca of Corleone

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Born to a wealthy and pious family. Orphaned at an early age he devoted himself to managing the estate and supervising the herds. In the solitude of the fields he realized he had a call to religious life. He sold his estate, converted his assets to cash, gave the money to the poor, and became a Basilian monk at the San Filippo d’ Agira monastery in the province of Enna, Sicily. Monk in Calabria, Italy. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy where he made a special point to visit the tombs of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Abbot of a Basilian monastery of Corleone, Sicily. Lived 80 years as a monk. Leolucas’ intervention is credited with saving the city of Corleone during the plague outbreak of 1575. The apparition of Leolucas and Saint Anthony prevented a Bourbon invasion of Corleone on 27 May 1860.

Born

Died

  • c.915 of natural causes
  • miracles reported at his tomb

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MLA Citation

  • “Saint Leolucas of Corleone”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-leolucas-of-corleone/>