Feastday: January 13
Death: 337
Bishop of Caesarea and a participant in the Council of Nicaea in 325. He was known to the Greeks by the spiritual title 'Angel of Peace" and was much praised by St. Athanasius.
Leontius of Caesarea (died 337) was a bishop of Caesarea Mazaca, in Cappadocia. He was childhood friends with Gregory the Illuminator, later in life Leontius would consecrate Gregory to become the patriarch of the Armenians. Leontius attended the First Council of Nicaea in 325.
The Eastern Orthodox Church describes him as an "angel of peace." His feast day is 13 January.
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