Leoba
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Gender | Female |
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Born | Wessex |
Died | Schornsheim |
Germany | |
September 28 | |
782 AD | |
Schornsheim | |
Germany | |
Place of burial | Dom zu Fulda, Fulda, Germany |
Parents | Dynno |
Aebba | |
Vener in | Roman Catholic Church |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 3942395 |
Leoba Life story
Leoba, OSB was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine nun and is recognized as a saint. In 746 she and others left Wimborne Minster in Dorset to join her kinsman Boniface in his mission to the German people. She was a learned woman and was involved in the foundation of nunneries in Kitzingen and Ochsenfurt.