Blessed Leo Ii Of Cava
Feast Day
19-Aug
Born
1239
Died
19 August 1295 at the Cava dei Tirreni monastery in Campania, Italy; buried before the main altar in the abbey church; relics re-interred in 1675 into a wall of the Arsicia cave, the first hermitage of the founder of Cava dei Tirreni
Beatified
16 May 1928 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmation)
Biography
Blessed Leo II of Cava, also known as Leonardo da Cava or Leonardo Caracciolo, was a Benedictine monk and the fourteenth abbot of the monastery of Cava de' Tirreni in Campania, Italy. He was chosen for this esteemed position on 25 January 1268 and consecrated on 5 February 1268. Pope Gregory X granted him a bull of confirmation, acknowledging his authority and responsibilities as the abbot.
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