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Leudwinus
Frankish Count of Treves who became Archbishop of Treves and Bishop or Laon and Reims.
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 23 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
660
Died
717
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Mettlach on the river Saar in the Rhineland, in Germany, the burial of Saint Leudwinus, bishop of Trier, who, founder of the monastery there, died piously at Reims.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 29 September as a bishop of Trier who founded the monastery of Mettlach.
Connected on this site
- Saint Warinus Saint Parent, Father
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q536950 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Leudwinus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.