Leidrad of Lyon
archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
b. c. 743 · d. 28 Dec 821
44th Bishop of Lyon · 798–814
Offices
- Bishop of Lyon № 44 · 798 – 814
Leidrad was the bishop of Lyon from 797 and its first archbishop from 804 until 814. He was a courtier of Charlemagne before he was a bishop. As bishop, he helped resolve the adoptionist controversy. He also began a programme of building and renovation in his diocese, turning Lyon into a centre of learning. Of his writings, two letters and a treatise on baptism survive.
Related people
- Alcuin disciple of · traditional
- Goduinus succeeded · traditional
- Bernard of Vienne consecrator of · traditional
- Florus of Lyon teacher of · traditional
- Agobard teacher of · traditional
- Claudius of Turin teacher of · traditional
- Agobard preceded · inferred
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How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.