![[Saint Leolucas of Corleone]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintl0m.jpg "20kb jpg photo of a statue of Saint Leolucas of Corleone, artist unknown, photographer unknown; swiped from one of the Corleone web sites")
Also known as
- Leo Luke of Corleone
- Leoluca of Corleone
Profile
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.
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Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Online
- Enrosadira
- Famiglia Grifasi
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
MLA Citation
- “Saint Leolucas of Corleone”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-leolucas-of-corleone/>