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160 Lives of the Saints. lNov. 6#
the army under that prince. Clovis stood sponsor to Leonard
at the font, to show honour to his father. He placed himself
under the instruction and direction of S. Maximinus at Miscy,
afterwards S. Mesmin, near Orleans. Before that he seems
to have been advised by S. Remigius. At Miscy he had his
brother Lief hard for a companion.1 After some years Leonard
and Liefhard left the monastery, Lief hard retired to Meung-
sur-Loir, where he founded a monastery, and Leonard pushed
on towards Limoges, and settled in the forest of Pauvain on
the east of the city, beside the waters of the Vienne.
The king went there occasionally to chase the wild deer
and boars; on one of these occasions the queen accompanied
him, and was overtaken with the pains of maternity. The
king was in great alarm, but Leonard came to the spot, and
the queen was speedily and satisfactorily delivered of a
healthy child. The king was so pleased at the event that
he gave Leonard as much of the forest as he could ride
round in a night on his ass. Some hollows in the rock,
bearing a fanciful resemblance to the impression of a hoof,
are called to this day " Les pas de l'ane de Saint Leonard."
The Life of S. Leonard does not state who the king was who
made this donation, probably the writer lived so long after that
he did not know. Saussaye assumes him to have been Clovis,
but this cannot be, as Clovis died in 511, when S. Leonard
was a young man. The Limousin formed part of Austrasia
at this period; and the Austrasian king was Theodebert
(534-548), and the queen was probably his second wife
Misigard, a Lombard princess, by whom he had a daughter,
Bertoara. In gratitude for the nobility of the gift, Leonard
called the monastery he founded on it, Noblac. It soon
became the resort of all who desired a life separate from the
world, and he was the head of a flourishing community which
he ruled till his death.
' The Life of S. Liefhard does not say that they were brothers.
•a?-
| Title | The lives of the saints - 13 |
| Creator | Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) |
| Publisher | J. Grant |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
| Date | 1914 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000194 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ft ft 160 Lives of the Saints. lNov. 6# the army under that prince. Clovis stood sponsor to Leonard at the font, to show honour to his father. He placed himself under the instruction and direction of S. Maximinus at Miscy, afterwards S. Mesmin, near Orleans. Before that he seems to have been advised by S. Remigius. At Miscy he had his brother Lief hard for a companion.1 After some years Leonard and Liefhard left the monastery, Lief hard retired to Meung- sur-Loir, where he founded a monastery, and Leonard pushed on towards Limoges, and settled in the forest of Pauvain on the east of the city, beside the waters of the Vienne. The king went there occasionally to chase the wild deer and boars; on one of these occasions the queen accompanied him, and was overtaken with the pains of maternity. The king was in great alarm, but Leonard came to the spot, and the queen was speedily and satisfactorily delivered of a healthy child. The king was so pleased at the event that he gave Leonard as much of the forest as he could ride round in a night on his ass. Some hollows in the rock, bearing a fanciful resemblance to the impression of a hoof, are called to this day " Les pas de l'ane de Saint Leonard." The Life of S. Leonard does not state who the king was who made this donation, probably the writer lived so long after that he did not know. Saussaye assumes him to have been Clovis, but this cannot be, as Clovis died in 511, when S. Leonard was a young man. The Limousin formed part of Austrasia at this period; and the Austrasian king was Theodebert (534-548), and the queen was probably his second wife Misigard, a Lombard princess, by whom he had a daughter, Bertoara. In gratitude for the nobility of the gift, Leonard called the monastery he founded on it, Noblac. It soon became the resort of all who desired a life separate from the world, and he was the head of a flourishing community which he ruled till his death. ' The Life of S. Liefhard does not say that they were brothers. •a?- |
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