Leudinus Explained

Leudinus Bodo^[1] was a seventh-century bishop of Toul, successor to Eborinus, or Elbonirus.^[2] He was a Benedictine.^[3] He occurs in hagiographies. His feast day is Sept. 11.^[4]

He is traditionally known as the founder of Bodonis Monasterium (the monastery of Bodo), later called Bon-Moutier (Bonmoutier, Bon Moustiers).^[5] Bonmoutier is in the modern Val-et-Châtillon, Vosges.

He is said to have been born around 625, in Bassigny, to Gundoin and Saratrude of the Etichonids, a family of the Austrasian nobility. His sister was Sadalberga, who founded the monastery at Laon.^[6] He founded also the Abbey of Étival (Stivagium, Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Étival^[7]),^[8] dated to 663^[9] and the Abbey of Othonville, and died around 678.^[10]

References

• Paul Burns (2000), Butler's Lives of the Saints, p. 101.

Notes and References

1. Leudovinus, Leudvinus, Leudvin, Leudin, Lendin, Saint Bodo, Saint Bodon.
2. http://www.gourment.chez-alice.fr/evequesdetoul.htm
3. http://www.osb.org/gen/saints/bss1.html OSB. Saints of the Order of Saint Benedict. 1/4
4. http://www.amisaintcolomban.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/30_Bodo_Leudin2.pdf
5. Web site: Page 3 - Le diocèse de Saint-Dié . 2011-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070712073323/http://saint-deodat.cef.fr/Page-3,212.html . 2007-07-12 . dead .
6. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10680a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Nancy
7. [:fr:Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Étival]
8. Now Étival-Clairefontaine, Vosges;Web site: Office de tourisme Pays des abbayes Senones Moyenmoutier Etival Clairefontaine Ban de Sapt . 2007-10-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071010101553/http://www.paysdesabbayes.com/histoire/chronol/histchronol.html . 2007-10-10 ., http://www.abbayes.net/hier/benedictins/etival.htm .
9. Web site: Archived copy . 2007-10-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071224011259/http://juillot.home.cern.ch/juillot/salm_ang.html . 2007-12-24 .
10. Web site: saint-deodat.cef.fr . Saint Bodon . fr.