St. Leonard
Patron of political prisoners, imprisoned people, prisoners of war, and captives, women in labour, as well as horses
Died: 559
According to unreliable sources, he was a Frank courtier who was converted by St. Remigius, refused the offer of a See from his godfather, King Clovis I, and became a monk at Micy. He lived as a hermit at Limoges and was rewarded by the king with all the land he could ride around on a donkey in a day for his prayers, which were believed to have brought the Queen through a difficult delivery safely. He founded Noblac monastery on the land so granted him, and it grew into the town of Saint-Leonard. He remained there evangelizing the surrounding area until his death. He is invoked by women in labor and by prisoners of war because of the legend that Clovis promised to release every captive Leonard visited. His feast day is November 6.
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Thank you Saint Leonard for prayers answered.
Dear st. Lenord,please pray for me to have a natural, safe and healthy birth. Please allow a speedy recovery for me and to have a great healthy baby. Please pray for my husband to enjoy the journey. thank you amen.
St. Leonard, please continue to intercede for us to lead lives pleasing to God..
Dear St. Leonard,
Please pray for me and help me to break away from the bondage of sin. intercede for me and my family. Amen.
St. Leonard is the patron saint of horses. In the small German town of Lauf (near Baden-Baden in southwest Germany) on the Sunday nearest St. Leonard's feastday, November 6, there is a processession led on horseback by the parish priest and town dignitaries. Afterwards there is a bake sale to benefit the parish church, St. Leonhard's. The number and variety of homemade cakes and pastries is astonishing .
St leonard please pray for me and my family
god bless you and all of us sinners
Amen
Dear St. Leonard, pray for my daughter, Sharon to bring to birth a hale, healthy, and holy child. I also seek from you a permanent cure for Christian. Free him from all his maladies, seizures, speech and learning delays, unsocial behaviours etc. I believe that your powerful intercession will be granted by Jesus. Amen.
I am of St. Peter's Catholic Church, Oko, in the Diocese of Awka, Nigeria. Thanks be unto the Lord Almighty who made it possible for me to locate my patron saint today. I am now relieved and I feel like one who found his father after years of wandering in search. I can now understand where my suicidal/fatalistic passion for the plight of people under captivity, oppression and injustice comes from. Almighty Father, I thank You.
SAINT LEONARD DE NOBLAT, Pray for me
I was very empressed by the life story of my name sake and one day I will take a trip to see one of the churches in Europe. His life and my life is very close
Dear St. Leonard, please pray for me.
St. Leonard, pray for all political prisoners, especially those who have been imprisoned for their strife for justice. For those who have dared to defy ruthless governments too, pray for them dear saint. For those forgotten in prison, pray for them. Amen.
My Grandson was asking if Leonard was a saints name as he is thinking about choosing it as his Confirmation name. I was pleasantly surprised to see that he exists.
WHERE CAN I FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE ST. LEONARD BURIED IN THE WAWEL (POLAND) CATHEDRAL?
following the footprints of the saints has always been my faith.I have taken such a while to search the story of st Leonard and I've succeeded today .I pray God to continue to enrich you, his servants with the strength so that you extend the word to the ends of the earth.I am a Cameroonian, from the archdiocese of Bamenda.
while we who are also aspiring in the field are striving to succeed, we ask for your prayers too.
my late best friend was named leonard. i had no idea he was named after this saint. thank you for the daily inspiration.