Eleucio

This name derives from the Latin “Leucius,” from the Ancient Greek elements: “leukós (λευκὸς),” meaning “bright, shining, gleaming, light in color, white, pale-skinned, weakly.” The name means “white, pure, pure as white, pure as the light.” Saint Leocadia is a Spanish saint. She is thought to have died on December 9, ~304, in the Diocletian persecution. The feast day for St. Leocadia of Toledo appears under December 9 in the ninth century’s historical martyrologies. Saint Leucius was initially a missionary from Alexandria, Egypt, who later founded the diocese of Brindisi, as the first Bishop in 165. It is believed that he then suffered martyrdom in 180.