Saint Leonorus (or Leonorious, Leonorius, Léonor, Lunaire; died 560) was a Welsh monk who was active in

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Life

Saint Leonorus was born in Wales, son of King

Hoel King Hoel (, "Hoel the Great"; ), also known as Sir Howel, Saint Hywel and Hywel the Great, was a late 5th- and early 6th-centuryFord, David Nashat ''Early British Kingdoms''. 2001. Retrieved 1 December 2014. member of the ruling dynasty o ...

I and Saint Koupaïa (

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). He was consecrated as a bishop by Saint

Dubricius Dubricius or Dubric (; Norman-French: ''Devereux''; c. 465 – c. 550) was a 6th-century British ecclesiastic venerated as a saint. He was the evangelist of Ergyng () (later Archenfield, Herefordshire) and much of south-east Wales. ...

. He founded a monastery at Pontual to the south of

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, Brittany. He is said to have hung his coat on a sunbeam. He died about 570. His feast day is 1 July.

Monks of Ramsgate account

The monks of

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, wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921),

Owen's account

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(1820–1902) in his ''Sanctorale Catholicum'' under July 1 wrote,

Butler's account

The hagiographer

Alban Butler Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiography, hagiographer. Born in Northamptonshire, he studied at the English College, in Douai, Douay, France where he later taught philosophy and theology. He s ...

(1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'', under July 1,

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