Feastday: June 21
Death: 738
Benedictine abbot-founder, sometimes called Leutfrid, Leufroi, or Leufroy. Born near Evreux, France, he studied at Condat and Chartres, and then became a teacher of young boys at Evreux. Eventually he became a hermit at Cailly and at Rouen, under St. Sidonius. About 690, he founded La Croix-Saint-Qu'en Abbey, later called Saint-Leufroy.
statue de saint Leufroy, église Saint-Leufroy,
Leutfridus was a French monk and saint of the eighth century.
Life
Leutfridus studied at Condat Abbey and at Chartres, and was for a time a teacher at Evreux. A Benedictine, he was also a spiritual student of Saint Sidonius of Saint-Saëns. He spent time as a hermit at Cailly and at Rouen. He founded the abbey of La Croix-Saint-Qu'en around 690, and served as its first abbot. The abbey was later renamed Saint-Leufroy in his honor.
Leutfridus died in 738; his feast day is June 21.
Leutfridus was the brother of Saint Agofredus.
