Leonard is kept in the high altar of the church of St. Bonaventure monastery in Rome, where he died. St. Leonard's Church in Boston, founded in 1873, is the first Roman Catholic Church in New England built by Italian immigrants. The church is located in the historic North End of Boston at the corner of Hanover and Prince Streets on Boston's Freedom Trail. Works The numerous writings of the saint consist of sermons, letters, ascetic treatises, and books of devotion for the use of the faithful and of priests, especially missionaries. The Diary (Diario) of his missions is written by the friar Diego da Firenze. A treasure for asceticism and homiletics, many of his writings have been translated into the most diverse languages and often republished: for example his Via Sacra spianata ed illuminata (the Way of the Cross simplified and explained), Il Tesoro Nascosto (on the Holy Mass); his celebrated Proponimenti, or resolutions for the attainment of higher Christian perfection. A complete edition of his works appeared first at Rome in thirteen octavo volumes (1853–84), Collezione completa delle opere di B. Leonardo da Porto Maurizio. Then another in five octavo volumes, Opere complete di S. Leonardo di Porto Maurizio (Venice, 1868–9). In English, German, etc., only single works have been issued, but a French translation of the entire set has appeared: Œuvres complètes de S. Léonard de Port-Maurice (8 vols., Paris and Tournai, 1858), and Sermons de S. Léonard de Port-Maurice (3 vols., Paris). Gallery References Sources Summarium processus beatificationis V.S.D. Leon. a P.M. (Rome, 1781) Rafaello da Roma, Vita del P. Leonardo da P.M. (Rome, 1754) Jos. de Masserano, Vita del B. Leonardo da P.M. (Rome, 1796), written by the postulator and dedicated to the duke of York, son of James [III] of England Salvatore di Ormea, Vita del B. Leonardo da P.M. (Rome, 1851) Heithausen and Gehlen, Leben des sel. Leonhard von P.M. (Innsbruck, 1869) L. de Cherancé, S. Léonard de Port-Maurice (Paris, 1903) in Nouvelle Bibliothèque Franciscaine (1st series), XIII. Chapter XX of this last mentioned work had already appeared in Etudes Franciscaines, VIII (Paris, 1902), 501–510. External links Life of St. Leonard of Port Maurice O.F.M., 1920 biography by Fr. Dominic Devas, O.F.M. Italian Roman Catholic saints 1676 births 1751 deaths Italian Friars Minor Franciscan saints Evangelists 17th-century Christian saints 18th-century Christian saints Canonizations by Pope Pius IX Beatifications by Pope Pius VI