Leo
2. Distinguished by the epithet BITURICENSIS, was bishop of Bourges in the middle of the fifth century, and took an active part in various important Gaulish councils, such as those of Angers (C. Andegavense, A. D. 453), and of Tours (C. Turonense, A. D. 461), held about that epoch.
Works
Epistola ad Episcopos et Presbyteros Ecclesiarum Provinciae Turonicae
We possess a letter written by this prelate in 454, jointly with the bishops Victurius and Eustochius, entitled Epistola ad Episcopos et Presbyteros Ecclesiarum Provinciae Turonicae, which was long ascribed to Leo the Great.
This letter has been inserted in all the earlier editions of the works of Leo the Great, and in various collections of councils, the epithet Turonicae appearing under the corrupt form of Thraciae. Sirmond first detected the real author of the piece, and restored the true title--Provinciae tertiae Lugdunensis s. Turonicae.
Editions
It will be found in Labbe, Concil. vol. iii. col. 1420, fol. Par. 1672, and was placed by the brothers Ballerini in the Appendix Epistolarum Leonis Magni, vol. i. col. 1469-72. See also Sirmond, Concil. Gall. vol. i. pp. 119, 599, vol. iv. p. 667.
Further Information
Schönemann, Biblioth. Patrum Lat. vol. 2.52.
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