Photos of those who knew Therese > Photo Album of those who knew St. Therese at Lisieux > Father Leconte, cure of St. Pierre's Cathedral in Lisieux

Abbe Leconte made the pilgrimage to Rome and was often in company with the Martin family there.  It was probably he who offered the private Mass at the Holy House of Loretto at which Therese and Celine joined him, and he permitted them both to receive communion.