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Also known as

• Laud
• Laudo
• Laudus
• Launus
• Lô

Memorial

• 22 September
• formerly 22 April
• 21 September (French martyrology)

Profile

Bishop of Coutances, France in 528; he served for 40 years. Participated in the conclave of bishops in Angers, France c.529. Noted for his healing miracles, especially of eye problems. The town of Briovere and Lauto’s estate became the modern city of Saint-Lô in northern France, and a healing spring at Courcy, France dedicated to him is a pilgrimage site.

Born

• Courcy, France

Died

• c.568 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against blindness
• blind people
• eyes
• —
• Coutances, France, diocese of

MLA Citation

• “Saint Lauto of Coutances“. CatholicSaints.Info. 24 September 2017. Web. 24 April 2024. <>