Leonard Abel

Most Reverend

Leonard Abel
Titular Bishop of Sidon
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1582–1605
PredecessorAlfonso Merchante de Valeria
SuccessorAlonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo
Orders
Consecration19 August 1582
by Giulio Antonio Santorio
Personal details
Died2 May 1605

Leonard Abel or Léonardo Abela (died 2 May 1605) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Sidon (1582–1605).[1][2][3] An outstanding linguist, conversant in Hebrew, Chaldean, Syriac and Arabic, Pope Gregory XIII named him titular bishop of Sidon, and appointed him legate to the Eastern Churches. Born in Malta, he died in Rome in 1605.

  1. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 863
  2. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 299. (in Latin)
  3. ^ Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 315. (in Latin)