Michael Cronin was born in Cork in January 1849. He was received into the Capuchin Order at Rochestown in County Cork on 30 July 1882. He took Leo as his religious name upon joining the Order. He was solemnly professed as a Capuchin friar in August 1887. For the following sixty-seven years he fulfilled the ordinary duties of a lay brother in most of the houses of the Irish Capuchin Province. He was particularly known as a Brother Questor in Dublin, seeking alms and donations for the poor. Following several years of ill-health, he died in the Capuchin Friary on Church Street in Dublin on 23 October 1949. He was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.
Baptismal name: Michael Cronin Religious name: Br. Leo Cronin OFM Cap. Date of birth: 30 Jan. 1859 Place of birth: Cork Name of father: Michael Cronin Name of mother: Mary Cronin (née Foley) Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 30 July 1882 Date of first profession: 8 Aug. 1883 Date of final profession: 2 Aug. 1887 Date of death: 23 Oct. 1949 Place of death: Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin Place of burial: Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin