Laud of Coutances

Saint

Laud of Coutances
Saint ; Laud of Coutances
Bishop
Born	6th century ; Courcy, Manche , France
Venerated in	Roman Catholic church ; Eastern Orthodox church
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Feast	September 22

Saint Laud of Coutances (variants: Lauto , Laudo , Launus , popularly: Saint Lo ) ^[1] was the fifth bishop of Coutances and is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.

He was born in Courcy , near Coutances , in the 6th century AD and became bishop of Coutances around 525. The town of Briovere, associated with the saint, took his name and is now Saint-Lo in Normandy . He met with a conclave of bishops at Angers in 529 or 530.

As a healing saint, he is invoked for maladies of the eyes and especially blindness. The reputed healing spring at Courcy dedicated to him is a site of pilgrimage.

He is commemorated September 21 in the French Martyrology , and September 22 in the Roman Martyrology . ^[1]

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b Smith, Sir William; Wace, Henry (1882). A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines, Being a Continuation of "The Dictionary of the Bible": Hermogenes, Myensis . Vol. 3 (Digitized Sep 4, 2008 ed.). J. Murray. p. 627.

Les Saints qui guerissent en Normandie , Gancel, 1998, ISBN 2-7373-2293-6

[Smith-1] Smith, Sir William; Wace, Henry (1882). A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines, Being a Continuation of "The Dictionary of the Bible": Hermogenes, Myensis . Vol. 3 (Digitized Sep 4, 2008 ed.). J. Murray. p. 627.

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