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Lubinus Lubin
14 March formerly 15 September 9 September (translation of relics)
Friend of Saint Carilef. Student of Saint Avitus, who suggested that the young man join the house. Monk at Lyons, France. Captured by renegade soldiers during war between the Franks and Burgundians, Leobinus was tortured to make him give up the location of the monastery's treasure. He told the soldiers nothing, and they left him for dead, thinking they'd drowned him; he eventually recovered.
Joined Saint Avitus' community at Le Perche. Priest. Abbot at Brou. Bishop of Chartres. Noted reformer. Participant of the synod of Orleans in 549, and Paris in 552. Miracle worker; had the gift of healing, especially of dropsy or edema. Worked with Saint Caletric who gave him his last Communion, and succeeded him. Innkeepers and wine merchants near Chartres considered him their patron.
with Saint Caletric in bed, receiving Communion from Saint Caletric studying in a field, often while watching sheep
The Compass For All The Saints Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson