Leoluca
Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic abbot in Calabria (c. 815 – c. 915) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leoluca, also Leone Luca, Leo Luke of Corleone, Saint Leoluca, or Luke of Sicily[1] (c. 815 – c. 915)[2] was the abbot and wonderworker of the monastery of Mount Mula in Calabria,[note 1] and a founder of Italo-Greek monasticism in southern Italy.[note 2] He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Saint Leoluca | |
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Abbot | |
Born | c. 815 Corleone, Sicily |
Died | c. 915 |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church[1] |
Major shrine | San Leoluca Church, Corleone |
Feast | 1 March |
Patronage | Corleone, Sicily; Vibo Valentia, Calabria |
Born in the Sicilian town of Corleone, he died about a hundred years later, after eighty years of monastic life,[note 3] in Monteleone Calabro, now Vibo Valentia in Calabria. Today he is a patron saint of both towns, and his feast day is celebrated on 1 March.
In 2006 Leoluca's relics were found in the municipality of San Gregorio d'Ippona, about 2 km southeast of the city of Vibo Valentia.[8]