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erected in the city. The church of Saint-Nazaire was enlarged and embellished, and a refuge established for the indigent. Leodegar also caused the public buildings to be repaired and the old Roman walls of Autun to be restored. His authority at Autun placed him as a leader among the Franco-Burgundian
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Maxentius (Saint-Maixent) near Poitiers. Later they were removed to Rennes and thence to Ebreuil, which place took the name of Saint-LĂ©ger in his honour. Some
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Leodegar, who had supported this change, soon ran into conflict with the new king as the latter surrounded himself with advisors from
Austrasia. The bishop also criticized the king for his uncanonical marriage to his first cousin Bilichild. After finding himself on the losing side in a hereditary
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merchants to sell in May, spend the summer outside of London, then to return on St Leger's Day. This gave rise to the saying used in regards to financial trading markets, "Sell in May and go away, and come on back on St. Leger's Day".
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his mayor. Ebroin took advantage of the chaos to make his escape from
Luxeuil and hasten to the court. In a short time Ebroin had Leudesius murdered and became mayor once again, still Leodegar's implacable enemy.
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relics are still kept in the cathedral of Autun and the Grand SĂ©minaire of
Soissons. In 1458 Cardinal Rolin caused his feast day to be observed as a holy day of obligation.
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to assist in the government of the united kingdoms and in the education of her children. Then in 659, he was installed at the
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