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2 unusual facts about Landry of Paris


Landry of Paris

A statue of St. Landry stands behind the altar of St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas, Louisiana.

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Consecrated bishop of Paris in 650, he built the first major hospital in the city, dedicating it to Saint Christopher, which is now the Hôtel-Dieu.


Ancient Diocese of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

in 720, famous for rebuilding the Abbey of Farfa, of which the third abbot, Lucerius, was also a native of Maurienne; St. Marinus, monk of Chandor, martyred by the Saracens (eighth century); St. Landry, pastor of Lanslevillard (eleventh century), drowned in the Arc during one of his apostolic journeys; St. Bénézet, or Benoit de Pont (1165–84), b.


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