Saint Leopold III

Also known as

Leopold the Good
Leopold the Valiant
Leopold of Austria
Leopold the Saint

Memorial

15 November

Profile

Grandson of Emperor Henry III. Grandfather of Frederick Barbarossa. Educated by bishop Altman of Passau. 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

Died

1136 at the abbey of Klosternburg, Niederosterrich, Austria of natural causes

Canonized

1486 by Pope Innocent VIII

Patronage

Austria (so named in 1663)
death of children
large families
Lower Austria
step-parents
Upper Austria

Representation

man armed count 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

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