Saint Leontius Explained

Saint Leontius may refer to:

Christian Saints

• Leontius of Byzantium (485–543), monk who wrote treatises on christology
• Leontius of Rostov (c. 1016-c. 1072), Russian monk and bishop
• Leontius of Monemvasia (1377-1452), 15th-century Greek monk

Bishops

• Leontius of Autun, bishop of Autun, died c. 430 AD
• Leontius of Caesarea (died 337), bishop of Caesarea, AD
• Leontius of Fréjus (died 488), bishop of Fréjus, died 5th century
• Leontius of Saintes, bishop of Saintes, 7th century
• Leontius of Camerino, bishop of Camerino, martyred ~250 AD
• Leontius the Elder, died c. 541, bishop of Bordeaux

Martyrs

• Leontius, Hypatius and Theodulus, died 70-79 AD
• Leontius of Tsarevo, Russian bishop killed in 1917
• Leontius of Vanand, one of the Leontine martyrs of Persia, killed in 455 AD
• Leontius of Constantinople, (with Martyrs Julian, Marcian, John, James, Alexius, Demetrius, Photius, Peter, and Mary, 730, (August 9, Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

See also

• Leontius (disambiguation)