Landry of Sées (Landericus) was a French
saint
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and
bishop. The earliest record found of a person named
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was in the 5th century ca. 450 in the person of St. Landry, third
Bishop of Sées
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
who died on March 4, 480 and whose feast day is July 16.
Landry was the successor of
Saint Sigibold, himself successor of
Saint Latuin (Latuinus, Lain, or Latuin), first occupant of the episcopal see (from 400 to 440). He lived in great sanctity and was responsible for great progress of Christianity in his diocese.
It appears that this was done in spite of great resistance, because in his legend, it is said that he was placed in a barrel filled with flax combs and rolled from the top to the bottom of a mountain. Nevertheless, this fact is not ascertained and he died at a great age on March 4, 480, in the arms of
Saint Contest
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Biography
According to Father Elie, he was Ba ...
,
Bishop of Bayeux
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, who happened to be in Seez at the time.
Veneration
He was buried in his cathedral dedicated to the Virgin. It is not the magnificent gothic building that can still be seen, because the one in which Saint Landry rested was destroyed in 878, during the invasion by the
Saxons.
His name appears in the ''Martyrology of Ainon'' and as soon as the eleventh century there was a saint's day for him on July 16. Focoal inserted in a
Breviary
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Historically, different breviaries were used in the various parts of Christendom, such a ...
a double service in his honor. This office has been recited in the diocese until 1864. In all the churches, the following prayer was said:
Sources
*''Life of the Saints of the Diocese of Seez'' (Volume 1, 178)
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Bishops of Sées
5th-century Christian saints
Gallo-Roman saints
480 deaths
Year of birth unknown