Laud of Coutances [SEP] canonization status
Laud of Coutances
Saint Laud of Coutances (variants: Lauto, Laudo, Launus, popularly: Saint Lô) was the fifth bishop of Coutances and is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
He was born in Courcy, near Coutances, 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 in Normandy. He met with a conclave of bishops at Angers in 529 or
Laud
Laud may refer to:
- Extraordinary praise
- People with the surname Laud:
- William Laud (1573–1645), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Derek Laud (born 1964), British political lobbyist
- People with the given name Laud:
- Laud of Coutances (6th century), bishop of Coutances
- Laud Humphreys (1930–1988), American sociologist and author
- Places
- Laud, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Whitley County
- Music
- Laud, a 14-string