Leo I of Cava ( it, San Leone I Abate; ? –1079) was an Italian

abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fem ...

and

saint In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...

. He is remembered as the second abbot of the Abbey of

La Trinità della Cava La Trinità della Cava ( la, Abbatia Territorialis Sanctissimae Trinitatis Cavensis), commonly known as Badia di Cava, is a Benedictine territorial abbey located near Cava de' Tirreni, in the province of Salerno, southern Italy. It stands in a go ...

, located at

Cava de' Tirreni Cava de' Tirreni (; Cilentan: ''A Càva'') is a city and '' comune'' in the region of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, northwest of the town of Salerno. It lies in a richly cultivated valley surrounded by wooded hills, and is a p ...

and is revered as a saint by the Catholic Church.

Veneration

The first four abbots of Cava were officially recognized as saints on December 21, 1893, by

Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII ( it, Leone XIII; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the second-old ...

. The first four abbots are

Alferius Alferius ( it, Sant'Alferio) (930–1050) was an Italian abbot and saint. Life Alferius was born in Salerno to the noble Pappacarbona family. He spent many years in service to Guaimar. Prince of Salerno. In 1002 Alferius was named to head a del ...

; Leo I (1050–79);

Peter of Pappacarbone Peter of Pappacarbone ( it, San Pietro di Pappacarbone) (died 4 March 1123) was an Italian abbot, bishop, and saint. He was abbot of La Trinità della Cava, located at Cava de' Tirreni. Born in Salerno, he had first been a monk at Cava under Leo ...

(1079–1122); and

Constabilis Constabilis ( it, San Constabile, San Costabile) ( 1070 – 1124) was an Italian abbot and saint. He was abbot of La Trinità della Cava, located at Cava de' Tirreni, from 1122 to 1124. Biography He was born around 1070 at Tresino, in Lucania (c ...

(1122 - 1124).

Bibliography

* Hugone abbate Venusino, ''Vitae quatuor priorum abbatum cavensium Alferii, Leonis, Petri et Costabilis'' edizioni Leone Mattei Cerasoli, in ''Rerum italicarum scriptores'' – Bologna 1941 * Simeone Leone, ''Dalla fondazione del cenobio al secolo XVI'', in ''La badia di Cava'', edizioni Di Mauro – Cava de’ Tirreni, 1985 * Massimo Buchicchio, ''Cronotassi degli Abati della Santissima Trinità de La Cava''. Cava de' Tirreni, 2010 *

Joseph Ratzinger Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

, ''Santi. Gli autentici apologeti della Chiesa'', Lindau Edizioni, Torino 2007

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1079 deaths Italian abbots Italian Benedictines 11th-century Italian clergy 11th-century Christian saints Religious leaders from Lucca Medieval Italian saints Year of birth unknown People from Lucca {{Italy-saint-stub

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