LeutfridusAlso rendered Leutfrid, Leufroi, or Leufroy. (died 738) was a French monk and saint.
Life Leutfridus studied at Condat Abbey and at Chartres, and was for a time a teacher at Evreux. A Benedictine, he was also a spiritual student of Saint Sidonius of Saint-Saëns. He spent time as a hermit at Cailly and at Rouen. He founded the abbey of La Croix-Saint-Qu'en around 690, and served as its first abbot.Goyau, Georges. "Evreux." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 23 Mar. 2015 The abbey was later renamed Saint-Leufroy in his honor.
Leutfridus died in 738; his feast day is June 21.
Leutfridus was the brother of Saint Agofredus.
Butler's account
The hagiographer Alban Butler wrote,
References
External links
St Leutfridus, Saint of Just and Holy Wrath, excerpt from a lecture given by Prof Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira on June 20, 1967