Landry of Paris

Saint Landry (Landericus) of Paris (died c. 661) was a bishop of Paris and saint. 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. Landry, with twenty-three other bishops, subscribed to the charter Clovis II gave to Saint-Denis Abbey in 653.

Veneration

He was buried at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, where most of his relics are kept (two bones were given to the parish of Saint-Landry in 1408).

A statue of St. Landry stands behind the altar of St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas, Louisiana. There is also a stained glass window with his image on the southwest end of the church. His feast day is June 10.

Miracles were recorded of him. One of them reads:

We have seen and known that a man which men call Raoul Gracard was smitten suddenly, and had the head much great and swollen, and was so red in the face of him that all folk that saw him deemed and held him for a leper. Which man with great haste came to the presence of Saint Landry, and there he confessed him much devoutly, receiving much benignly his penance, and after he came to the sudary of the saint and with great devotion kissed it, and when he had done his offering and vow with much great faith and hope he returned, and unnethe he was come to his house when he became as whole as ever he was.

— Jacob de Voragine, The Golden Legend, ^[1]

References

External links

• Landry: Landericus
• Saints of the Day, June 10: Landericus (Landry) of Paris at SaintPatrickDC.org
• The Golden Legend: The Life of Saint Landry
• St. Landry Catholic Church