His torture and death made him a martyr and saint .
Leodegar was an opponent of Ebroin , the Frankish Mayor of the Palace of Neustria and the leader of the faction of Austrasian nobles in the struggle for hegemony over the waning Merovingian dynasty .
Leodegar 's torture and death made him a martyr and saint .
Leodegar was an opponent of Ebroin , the Frankish Mayor of the Palace of Neustria and the leader of the faction of Austrasian nobles in the struggle for hegemony over the waning Merovingian dynasty .