Saint Leopold of Babenberg
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Husband & Father
Margrave of Austria
Founder of Klosterneuburg
Benefactor of the Canons
Patron Saint of Austria
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Feast Day: November 15th
Novena Prayer to St.
Leopold
O God, Who govern all things, You
granted to the holy Margrave Leopold the gifts of Your Spirit for service to
the Holy Church, for the just exercise of his office, and for fidelity to his
family.
Through his intercession, grant us the grace to remain true to the Church and to our God-given obligations, and the wisdom to recognize Your Spirit in the world.
Grant moreover, O merciful Father, by St.
Leopold's intercession, Your grace to those who pursue the holy canonical
vocation in the hopes of founding a house dedicated to Your glory in
America. Bless them with an abundance of strong and virtuous vocations and
with many lay cooperators to assist them in Your holy will.
We ask this
through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Reliquary of St. Leopold
The relics of St. Leopold have been the object of
devotion for numerous pilgrims
over the centuries.
They now surmount the Verdun Altar which is found
in the medieval chapter house of the abbey.
It is there that novices are
clothed and welcomed to the community to begin their
discernment and formation.
The chapter house is the second most important room of any monastery, as it is there that the Rule is read to the community.