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Leo I of Cava

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Saint Leo I of Cava
The Virgin appears to Saint Leo from Lucca
Abbot
Born?
Lucca
Died1079
Cava de' Tirreni
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Canonizedcultus confirmed in 1893 by Leo XIII
FeastJuly 12

Leo I of Cava (Italian: San Leone I Abate; ? –1079) was an Italian abbot and is remembered as the second abbot of the Abbey of La Trinità della Cava, located at Cava de' Tirreni. He is revered as a saint by the Catholic Church.

Veneration

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The first four abbots of Cava were officially recognized as saints on December 21, 1893, by Pope Leo XIII.[1] The first four abbots are Alferius; Leo I (1050–79); Peter of Pappacarbone (1079–1122); and Constabilis (1122 - 1124).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Watkins, Basil. The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015, p. 426 ISBN 9780567664150

Bibliography

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  • Hugone abbate Venusino, Vitae quatuor priorum abbatum cavensium Alferii, Leonis, Petri et Costabilis edizioni Leone Mattei Cerasoli, in Rerum italicarum scriptores – Bologna 1941
  • Simeone Leone, Dalla fondazione del cenobio al secolo XVI, in La badia di Cava, edizioni Di Mauro – Cava de’ Tirreni, 1985
  • Massimo Buchicchio, Cronotassi degli Abati della Santissima Trinità de La Cava. Cava de' Tirreni, 2010
  • Joseph Ratzinger, Santi. Gli autentici apologeti della Chiesa, Lindau Edizioni, Torino 2007 ISBN 978-88-7180-706-5
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