Saint Leutfridus

Also known as

• Leofred of La-Croix
• Leufroi
• Leufroy
• Leutfrid

Memorial

• 21 June

Profile

Brother of Saint Agofredus. Studied at Condat and Chartres in France. Teacher of young boys at Evreux, France. Spiritual student of Saint Sidonius of Saint-Saens. Benedictine hermit at Cailly and at Rouen in France. Founded La Croix-Saint-Qu’en abbey (later called Saint-Leufroy in his honour) c.690, and served as its first abbot.

Born

• near Evreux, France

Died

• 738 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Leutfridus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 November 2009. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-leutfridus/>