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St. Leonard Wegel

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Feastday: July 9
Death: 1572

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One of the martyrs of Gorkum, Holland, sometimes called Veckel or Wickel. He was born in Blois-le-duc. Educated at Louvain, Belgium, Leonard became a priest in Gorkum serving there until brutally slain by Calvinists. His canonization was in 1867.

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