Leoluca

Leoluca, also known as Leone Luca, Leo Luke of Corleone, or Luke of Sicily ( – ) was the abbot and wonderworker of the monastery of Mount Mula in Calabria, and a founder of Italo-Greek monasticism in southern Italy. He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Byzantine Empire
Place of birth: Corleone
Occupation: monk
Position held: abbot
Image: San Leoluca da Corleone.jpg
Religious order: Basilian monks

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Commons category: Leoluca di Corleone
name in native language: Leoluca di Corleone
canonization status: saint
date of birth: 0815-01-01
date of death: 0915-01-01
feast day: March 1
subject has role: centenarian

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Contents

Hagiographic sources
Life
In Sicily
In Calabria
Departure
Veneration
Relics
See also
Notes
References
Sources
In Greek
In Latin
In Italian

Born in the Sicilian town of Corleone, he died about a hundred years later, after eighty years of monastic life, in Monteleone Calabro, now Vibo Valentia in Calabria. Today he is a patron saint of both towns, and his feast day is celebrated on 1 March.

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