Latro of Laon

Saint Latro
Saint Latro
	Saint Remigius. Painting by Master of Saint Giles. It has been theorized that the 4 figures in the right foreground are Genebald, his wife, and their children Latro and Vulpecula.
Bishop
Born	c. 499 AD; Laon, France
Died	570 AD
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church

Saint Latro (literally “Thief”) (French: Latron, Larron) (c. 499 AD—570 AD) was a Frankish bishop of Laon. He succeeded his father Saint Genebald as bishop of Laon.^[2] He is alleged to have been conceived while his father was a bishop.

References

↑ John Oliver Hand, Martha Wolff, Early Netherlandish painting (National Gallery of Art (U.S.) (Cambridge University Press, 1986), 166.
↑ "St. Genebaldus". Heiligen Lexicon. Retrieved May 12, 2009.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] John Oliver Hand, Martha Wolff, Early Netherlandish painting (National Gallery of Art (U.S.) (Cambridge University Press, 1986), 166.

[heiligen-2] "St. Genebaldus". Heiligen Lexicon. Retrieved May 12, 2009.

[1]

[2]