A storm arose, and they flung every thing over board, and even Leonorus' altar; but two snow-white doves (saith the legend) brought it back to him.
Landing in Britanny they began presently with great labour to clear the forest; when a white sparrow brought an ear of corn in his beak, and led them to a fertile ground.
The saint protected Idwal (Judicaël) from the pursuit of his cruel enemy Commor, Count of Cornouailles; who in a rage having smitten him on the face forthwith broke his limb, and died in torment.
[b][4] The hagiographer Alban Butler (1710–1773) wrote in his Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, under July 1, St. Leonorus, in French Lunaire, B.
He was of a noble family in Wales, and educated under the care of St. Iltut; and passing over into that part of France called the province of Domnone, he founded a monastery between the rivers of Rancé and Arguenon, on a piece of ground which was given him by Jona, the lord of the country.
His many extraordinary virtues drew the attention of king Childebert, who very pressingly invited him to Paris, where he was received by this prince and his royal consort Ultrogotha with every possible demonstration of the highest respect.