Blessed Leo II of Cava
Profile
Benedictine monk. Fourteenth abbot of the monastery of Cava de Tirreni in Campania, Italy, chosen on 25 January 1268, consecrated on 5 February 1268, granted a bull of confirmation by Pope Gregory X and served for 27 years. Partipated in the Council of Lyons in 1274, and used the trip to visit the abbey of Cluny and learn from the Cluniac monks. Built a new church and new cloister at his monastery, and had many new manuscripts copied for its library.
Born
- 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
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Leo II of Cava“. CatholicSaints.Info. 13 January 2018. Web. 17 January 2019. <>