![[Saint Leopold III]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintl20.jpg "30kb jpg detail of Saint Leopold, from 'The Austrian Saints' by Albrecht Durer, 1515-17, woodcut, British Museum, London")
Also known as
- Leopold the Good
- Leopold the Valiant
- Leopold of Austria
- Leopold the Saint
Profile
Grandson of Emperor Henry III. Grandfather of Frederick Barbarossa. Educated by bishop Altman of Passau, Germany. At age 23 he succeeded his father as margrave (military governor) of Austria. Married to Agnes, widowed daughter of Emperor Henry IV. She brought two children into the marriage, and they had eighteenof their own, eleven of whom survived. Father of Otto of Freising, who wrote Leopold’s biography, and of Duke Henry II of Austria, and step-father to King Conrad III of Germany. Founded Benedictine, Cistercian and Augustinian houses in 1106, and others later in life; houses in Heiligenkreuz, Klosterneuburg, and Mariazell still exist. Defeated the Hungarians to defend his homeland. Arranged the Concordat of Worms in 1122, an agreement that ended the battle over royal versus ecclesiastical investiture. Refused the throne of the Holy Roman Emperor in 1125. Active in support of the First Crusade.
Born
- 1073 at Melk, Lower Austria, Austria
- Austria (so named in 1663)
- death of children
- large families
- Lower Austria
- step-parents
- Upper Austria
- armed man with a cross on his coronet, a banner with three eagles, and a model of the church of Heiligenkreuz in his hand
- man before the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Anne
- man hunting with his courtiers, and finding his wife’s veil near the monastery of Klosterneuburg
- with Saint Jerome
- with his building Klosterneuburg
- with the Blessed Virgin Mary appearing to him while he hunts, and with a veil nearby
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation