Solemnities, Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials, and Traditional Dates of Commemoration
- Leobinus, bishop
- Eutychius, martyr
- Matilda, widow [1]
St. Leobinus (d. ca. 558 A.D.) worked at the monastery at Noailles and became a hermit with St. Avitus, before entering an abbey near Lyons in France. When raiders attacked this abbey, he was tortured so that he would reveal the treasures of the abbey. He was left almost dead by the raiders but he recovered and rejoined St. Avitus at Le Perche. After the death of St. Avitus, he continued living as a hermit.
Leobinus was eventually ordained and made abbot of Brou. But he resigned to become a monk at Lerins. He returned to Brou at the advice of St. Caesarius. Soon after, he was appointed bishop of Chartres where he instituted reforms and participated in two councils: one at Orleans and the other at Paris. St. Leobinus died on March 14 after a long illness [2].
Saints in the Byzantine Calendar [March 14]
- Benedict, Abbot
- St. Alexander of Pidna, Priest-Martyr
Today, March 14, the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates St. Benedict of Nursia, abbot. Also commemorated today is St. Alexander of Pidna, Priest-Martyr.
St. Alexander of Pidna was a priest of Pidna, near Thessalonica in Greece. He converted many pagans to the Christian faith, and suffered torture and martyrdom through beheading, during the persecution of Christians in the reign of Emperor Galerius [3].
References: Books, Websites & AI Search Results
- [1] Pocket Catholic Dictionary, John A. Hardon
- [2] Dictionary of Saints, John J. Delaney
- [3] AI Overview for search query, "st alexander of pidna", Google.com, March 14, 2025
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