It may be referred to in the fuero given to Alba de Tormes in 1140, although the latter only mentions a garden named San Leonardo.
[1] Alfonso granted the lordship of Alba de Tormes to Sancho, the abbot of Retuerta, the father house of San Leonardo.
[2] The convent of Santa Sofía de Toro was probably a daughter house, since its necrology lists many of the abbots of San Leonardo.
[2] In 1439, on account of the relaxed discipline prevailing there, San Leonardo was turned over to the Hieronymites by the archbishop Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo, who was also lord of Alba.
[3] The ceremony was performed by the archdeacon of Medina on 7 November 1447 in the presence of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, the first count of Alba.