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"Although St Leonard cannot be truly claimed as a Sussex saint (he was a French hermit of the sixth century, later often revered by returning Crusaders who believed in his power to save them from captivity), a very long-standing legend asserts that he did actually live for many years in St Leonard's Forest, near Horsham, and moreover that he once killed a dragon there. The battle was long and ferocious, and as a reward for Leonard's courage, Heaven granted that wild lilies of the valley would spring ip for ever wherever his blood had sprinkled the earth, and that nightingales which had previously distracted him by their singing while he was at prayer would henceforth be silent."
- Simpson, J (2009) Folklore of Sussex. Third edition. Gloucestershire: The History Press.
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