Leidradt, a noted Roman Catholic prelate, proba- bly a Bavarian, flourished in the 8th centurj'. He was librarian to Charlemagne until 798, when he was made archbishop of Lyons. He was sent soon after by Char- lemagne, together with the bishop of Orleans and other prelates, into the southern provinces of France, to sup- press by moral means the spreading heresy of Adop- tianism, and they succeeded in bringing the chief teach- er of this doctrine, Felix, to acknowledge his error before the council held at Aix in 799. In 800 Leidradt was successfid Avith his co-laborers in restoring 20,000 Adop- tianists. The zeal which he everywhere displayed ap- pears in a letter written to Charlemagne not long before the latter's death. He writes: "I have done my best to increase as far as necessary the number of priests. I have established the Psalm service after the model of that observed in your palace, and have erected singing-
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schools by which the instruction may be continued. 1 have reading-schools ^^•llere not only the appointed services are repeated, but where the holy Scriiititres in general are studied and explained, and in which are those who understand the spiritual meaning not only of the Gospels, but also of the prophets, the books of Sam- uel, the Psalms, and Job. I have had as many books as possible transcribed for the churches in Lyons, pro- cured vestments and other necessary ai)pointments for divine service, and have repaired the churches." After Charlemagne's death, in the subscrijition to whose will the name of Leidradt appears, he resigned the bishopric and retired to the convent of the Holy Medardus, where he died. Neither the year of his death nor of his birth are knowTi, He ^vrote in a clear and concise style some works which have since been edited. Of special value is a treatise of his on baptism, which was published by Mabillon (.-1 nnaks, vol. ii). See Herzog, Real-EncyUop, art. Baluze ; Wetzer u. Welte, Kirchen-Lex. vol. vi, s. v. Leifchild, Johx, D.D., an eminent English Inde- pendent minister, was born in 1780 of jMethodist parent- age, and was brought up, and began to preach among the ]\Iethodists ; but afterwards embracing Calvinistic opinions, it was impossible for him to continue preach- ing among them, and he was advised bj' Mr. Bunting, then the junior preacher in the circuit, to seek other associations. Accordingly, in 1804, he entered Hoxton Academy, but he retained tlirough life a friendly feel- ing for the friends of his youth, and profited largely by what he learned among them. He died in June, 1862. Without possessing any very extraordinary natural en- dowments, he attained bj' faithful, earnest, and diligent labor a most successful and honorable career, and his life is a noble example of what may be eifected by the right cultivation of the powers a man possesses within himself. Irreproachable in character, faithful in pas- toral attentions, powerful in the pulpit, he filled every chapel he occupied, built up every Church he was the pastor of, and, when enfeebled by age, retired from his work laden with honors, and not without very substan- tial tokens of the love and gratitude of those Avhom he had served in the Gospel. One of the deacons of Cra- ven Chapel states that, during tlie twenty-tliree years of his ministry there, more than fifteen hundred persons had been brought to decision and added to the Church through his faithful ministry. Tlie catholic spirit of Dr. Leifchild was almost as prominent a feature in liis character as his intense and pervading earnestness. He was well known and well liked by Christians of various denominations, witli whom he mingled freely, and whom he loved for the truth's sake. See J. R. Leifchild, John Leifchild, his J) ubllc Labors, private Usefulness, and per- sonal Characteristics (Loud. 1860) ; Grant, Metropolitan Pulpit (1839), ii, 152; Pen Pictures of Popular EnglUh Preachers (1852), p. 130: AMione, Diet, of British and A mer. A ulhors, vol. ii, s. v. (J. H. W.)
Leigh, Edward, a learned English -layman, was born in 1()(»2, and was educated at Magdalen College. Oxford, lie was a member of the Long Parliament, but was expelled on account of his intercession in behalf of the life of king Charles. He was also a member of the Assembly of Divines, and held the oflSce of parliamenta- ry general. He died in 1071. Edward Leigh wote largely. Of his Greek works, one of the best is Critica Sacra (1630, 4to, and often ; best ed. 1662, folio), which not only gives tlu; literal sense of every word in the Old and New Testaments, but enriches the definitions with philological and ihcdogical notes. It was held in high esteem unlil supplanted by the more fundamental worlds of later Hebrew lexicographers. He also wrote Anno- tations on the Xew Testament, which are short and judi- cious, and other theological works of considerable value. See Allibone, iJict. of Brit, anrl A m. A uthoivt, ii, 1079.
Leigh, Sir Egerton, an English nobleman, who flourished towards tlio close of the last century, is noted for his piety and charitable acts. He was a member of
the " London Missionary Society" from its very infancy (1795), as he was, indeed, the friend of every cause con- necteil with the glory of God and the good of soids. "He devoted," says Morison {Fathers and Founders of the Loudon Miss. Hoc. p. 554), " much of his time, ]jrop- erty, and influence to the spread of evangelical religion both at home and abroad, and was so zealous in the cause of his divine Master as occasionally to merge the baronet in the humble preacher of the cross of Christ."