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Saint-Leonhard Chapel

Saint-Leonhard Chapel

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Saint-Leonhard Chapel

Recommended by 33 hikers out of 35

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Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges

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Location: Pfaffenheim, Thann-Gebweiler, Alsace, France

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1. Kreuzweg – Gueberschwihr loop from Gueberschwihr

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2. Gueberschwihr – Kreuzweg loop from Gueberschwihr

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3. Kreuzweg – Carrières de Gueberschwihr loop from Pfaffenheim

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

July 21, 2022

According to legend, Leonard belonged to a noble Frankish family in the time of King Clovis I and was baptized and educated by Saint Remigius, Bishop of Reims. After receiving permission from the king to release prisoners, he refused the episcopal dignity offered by Clovis and entered a monastery at Micy, near Orleans. Later he moved to Aquitaine to live as a hermit and preach the Bible. Thanks to his prayer, the birth of the Frankish queen went well, for which he was given a domain in Noblac, near Limoges, where he first lived as a hermit and later in community with colleagues and thus initiated a "monastery", which grew into the city of Saint-Léonard.

His name day is on November 6. He is the patron of the farmers and the cattle, the horses, the stables, the grooms, the carriers, (copper)smiths, locksmiths, load carriers and coopers, fruit merchants and mountain men, miners and grocers. He is invoked by women during childbirth, against headaches and venereal diseases and against burglaries and burglars. He is also the patron of prisoners: according to legend, the king granted him the favor of releasing prisoners he visited in prison if he judged them worthy of this pardon.
In Christian iconography, Leonard's attribute is a chain or a pair of fetters, sometimes broken.

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Elevation 390 m

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1. Kreuzweg – Gueberschwihr loop from Gueberschwihr

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