Leo of Ostia

Leo Marsicanus (meaning "of the

from the 12th century.

In Monte Cassino, he became a friend of Desiderius of Benevento, later Pope Victor III, and it was to him that Leo dedicated his most famous work as an historian and chronicler, being a librarian: the Chronica Monasterii Casinensis. The chronicler depends largely on Amatus' earlier work, but also on oral traditions and other archives. Leo finished it at 1075; it is continued by other monastic librarian Peter the Deacon.

until his death.

Sources

• Norwich, John Julius. The Normans in the South 1016-1130. Longmans: London, 1967.
•  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ostiensis". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
• OCLC 53276621
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External links

• Chronicon Monasterii Casinensis (Leo Marsicanus, Cardinalis: Chronica Monasterii Casinensis)