Saint Lery

There he led a life entirely heavenly and made himself useful to the whole surrounding country through his discourses, his examples, and the miracles with which it pleased God to reward his prayers and the faith of those who turned to him.

Subsequently, some disciples presented themselves to Léry and asked to walk under his guidance in the ways of salvation; they found in him an inexhaustible fund of faith, trust in God, and zeal for the salvation of their neighbor; with them, the holy abbot began to work for the salvation of the Bretons, and parti cularly those o diocèse d'Aloth Former Breton diocese (Aleth) whose see was located near Saint-Malo. f the diocese of Aloth (a destroyed city whose ruins can be seen between Saint-Malo and Saint-Servan); numerous conversions were the fruit of the zeal of the generous missionaries.

After a long career, Saint Léry fell ill and passe saint Léry Breton priest and abbot of the 7th century, founder of the monastery of Saint-Léry. d away on September 30, though the exact year is unknown. His body, enclosed in a stone tomb, was placed in his hermitage; at the time of the Norman invasion, his relics were transported to Tours and went on to enrich the Abbey of Sa int-J Tours Place of retirement for Clotilde near the tomb of Saint Martin. ulien.

In 1407, these sa cred bones were remove abbaye de Saint-Julien Abbey in Tours that housed the relics of Saint Léry. d from a nearly worm-eaten wooden reliquary and placed into another made of silver, where they were kept with respect until the year 1562, at which time the Protestants, having seized Tours, pillaged t he churches Protestants Religious group that pillaged the Abbey of Saint-Julien in 1562. and carried off five silver reliquaries from that of Saint-Julien, among which was the one containing the body of Saint Léry, which they destroyed.

The ancient calendar of the Abbey of Saint-Méon (S. Melovius, Order of Saint-Denolt), in the diocese of Rennes, marks the feast of Saint Léry, abbot, on September 30, with twelve lessons. This Saint is now honored in no diocese of Brittany, and appears to receive veneration only in the village that bears his name. His tomb can still be seen in the parish church: it is raised three feet above the ground, and, on the stone that covers it, is his statue which represents him dressed in a cope, holding a crozier in his right hand and a book in his left. On the edge of the tombstone, one reads these words, written in Gothic letters: "Cy fut mis le corps de Monsieur saint Léry" (Here was placed the body of Monsieur Saint Léry). At the lower part of the tomb is a series of ogival arches, with the figure of a religious between each column. The whole monument is made of stone: we do not know to which century it belongs. Excerpt from the Sa Dom Lobineau Hagiographer and historian of Brittany. ints of Brittany, by Dom Lobineau. END OF THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.