death_date birth_place feast_day imagesize venerated_in birth_date article_title name
~ 488 ad nîmes december 1 250px roman catholic church ~ 419 ad leontius of fréjus
 saint leontius of fréjus
leontius of fréjus

saint leontius -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- ca. 419 -- ca. 488 -rrb- was a bishop of fréjus , in provence .
he was born probably at nîmes , towards the end of the fourth century ; he died in his episcopal town in 488 , according to some authorities , though others say 443 or even 448 .
his feast day is december 1 .
the date of his episcopal ordination is uncertain , but most likely it took place between the years 400 and 419 ; indeed the obscurity surrounding his life has not been entirely dissipated by the most conscientious labours of historians .
it is however , indisputable that he was a man of eminent sanctity , and his episcopate was marked with important results , else he would not have been from an early date associated with the blessed virgin as patron of the cathedral church of fréjus .
a tenth-century document mentions him in this connection .
there is reason to believe that he was a brother of st. castor , bishop of apt , and that consequently like him he was a native of nîmes .
at times he has been mistaken for other persons of the same name , especially for leontius , bishop of arles , who lived at the end of the fifth century .
but besides the difference in time , the important events associated with the name of the latter leontius render the identification impossible .
