Saint Laud of Coutances (variants: Lauto, Laudo, Launus, popularly: Saint Lô) was the fifth

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and is venerated as a saint in the

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and

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Churches. He was born in Courcy, near

Coutances Coutances () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. History Capital of the Unelli, a Gaulish tribe, the town was given the name of ''Constantia'' in 298 during the reign of Roman emperor Constantius Chloru ...

, in the 6th century AD and became bishop of Coutances around 525. The town of Briovere, associated with the saint, took his name and is now

Saint-Lô Saint-Lô (, ; br, Sant Lo) is a commune in northwest France, the capital of the Manche department in the region of Normandy.

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. He met with a conclave of bishops at

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in 529 or 530. As a healing saint, he is invoked for maladies of the eyes and especially blindness. The reputed healing spring at Courcy dedicated to him is a site of pilgrimage. He is commemorated September 21 in the French

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, and September 22 in the

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References

*''Les Saints qui guérissent en Normandie'', Gancel, 1998, {{DEFAULTSORT:Laud of Coutances 5th-century births 6th-century deaths People from Manche 6th-century Frankish saints Bishops of Coutances