Leo of Catania [SEP] position held
Leo of Catania
Saint Leo of Catania, nicknamed the "Thaumaturgus", also known as St Leo the Wonderworker in Sicily (May 703 or 709 – 20 February 789), was the fifteenth bishop of Catania, famed also for his love and care toward the poor. His feast day occurs on February 20, the day of his death in which he is venerated as a saint both by Roman Catholics and by the Orthodox Church. He lived in the lapse of time between the reigns of the Emperors Justinian II and
to succumb instead. The only traces of his funeral pile were, as a matter of fact, a mass of smoking and glittering ashes.
References.
References Sources.
- Santi Correnti. "La città semprerifiorente". Catania, Greco, 1977.
External links.
- "St. Leo of Catania" 
- "Catholic Online - St. Leo of Catania"
External links Pictures and art.
- "Byzantine Icon of Saint Leo of Catania"
- "Sacred Image of Saint Leo"