Leonard of Noblac or Leonard of Limoges ( - 559) was a Frankish noble in the court of Clovis I. He was converted to Christianity along with the king, by Saint Remigius ("Saint Rémy"), Bishop of Reims. Leonard entered the monastery at Orléans and then became a recluse in the forest of Limousin. He gathered a number of followers and was eventually given land by the Frankish court to found the abbey of Noblac. He is a patron saint of prisoners. His feast day is November 6. Events The Bulgars invade and raid Byzantine territory, but are driven back near Constantinople by Belisarius. ... Non-contemporary coin with obverse legend Clovis Roy de France Clovis I (or Chlodowech or Chlodwig, modern French Louis, modern German Ludwig) (c. ... Saint Remigius, Apostle of the Franks, bishop of Reims, (ca 437– January 13, 533) effected the conversion to Christianity of Clovis, King of the Franks, at Christmas, 496, one of the turning points in the success of Trinitarian Christianity and a climacteric moment in European history. ... This article is about Orléans, France; for other meanings see Orleans (disambiguation). ... Capital Limoges Area 16,942 km² Regional President Jean-Paul Denanot Population - 2004 estimate - 1999 census - Density 710,939 42/km² Arrondissements 8 Cantons 106 Communes 747 Départements Corrèze Creuse Haute-Vienne Limousin is a former province of France and now a region of France, around the city... In several forms of Christianity, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ...
Leonard of Noblac was one of the most popular saints of Western Europe in the late Middle Ages, but the account of his life is unreliable because it was not written until the 11th century.
Saint Melaine is the patron of Mullion on the Lizard peninsula, and Saint Mellyan in Cornwall since the medieval period (Farmer).
Saint Winnoc is depicted as an abbot with a crown and scepter at his feet, turning a hand-mill.
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