Vita Leonardi Confessoris Nobiliacensis, MHG: Scriptores Rerum Merovingicarum, III, 394-99. Leonard of Noblac" to distinguish him from another St. Leonard were written before the 11th century, nor any other mentions.Ĭalled "St. "Lived about the year 500" according to the Golden Legend. Leonard includes his cowl and the top of his habit. Leonard atop an altarpiece.įirst half of 15th century: Reliquary bust of St. Leonard rescuing a prisoner inside a frame with symbols related to the theology of prayer.ġ515-17: In Correggio's Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalene, and Leonard Clement, and one other.Ĭirca 1460: A manuscript illumination puts an image of St. Mark's, Venice, with mosaic portraits of St. Leonard's Cupola" is at the south end of the crossing at St. Leonard, Frankfurt am Main (See the description page.)Īmong other saints in a 16th-century Crucifixion (See the description page.)įirst half of the 12th century: "St. Prepared in 2014 by Richard Stracke, Emeritus Professor of English, Augusta University. One exception isĪs for narrative images, a pair of stained-glass windows in Regensburg presents fourteen vignettes from St. Leonhard im Pitztal & spend unforgettable summer or winter holidays in Tirol Here youll find all information on hotels & activities in St. Leonard was a monk of the 5th century, so he is normally portrayed in a monastic habit, as in both images at right. Portraits sometimes show the saint with not only his attribute but one or more prisoners praying to him (as in the first image at right) or being led out of prison by him. Some gained their freedom even while Leonard was still alive, just by invoking his name.
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The Golden Legend tells of several miracles in which prisoners were set free by the intercession of St. Leonard is readily identified by his attribute, a set of shackles or fetters, either made partly of chain (as in the first image at right) or all of iron (as in the second). He is especially noted for his effectiveness in the freeing of captives. Born of a noble family, he chose the solitary life and was famed for his sanctity and miracles. He was a disciple of blessed Bishop Remigius.
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