Landelin of Ettenheim Munster
Landelin , also Landolin († around 640 near Ettenheimmünster ), was a holy hermit and monk as part of the Irish Scottish mission .
Legend and veneration
Landelin, an Irish monk, came to Ortenau as one of the first Christian missionaries at the beginning of the 7th century . According to tradition, he was murdered by a pagan hunter. Five sources are said to have sprung from the place of his martyrdom .
In the vicinity of his grave (today under the high altar of the church of Münchweier ) a small monastic settlement developed over time, which Bishop Widegern of Strasbourg around 728 combined into a "cella monachorum", the monastery "Mönchszell". Widegern's successor, Bishop Etto of Strasbourg, confirmed the foundation of his predecessor and obliged the monks to follow the order of St. Benedict and left around 763 in what is now Ettenheim Munster, where St. Landelin had lived as a hermit and died a martyr, built a new monastery, which was named after him " Monasterium Ettonis " (Monastery of Etto).
Since the 11th century in the diocese of Strasbourg , to which Ettenheimmünster belonged at that time, the local cult of St. Landelin testifies. He was considered the patron of eye problems, which is why many pilgrims still wet their eyes with the water from the Landelin spring.
The day of remembrance of the saint is September 21st ( September 22nd in the Archdiocese of Freiburg ). A silver bust reliquary of the saint from 1506, which is kept in the pilgrimage church of St. Landelin in Ettenheimmünster, is carried with the rider procession at the patronage .
Individual evidence
- ↑ On this reliquary cf. S. Tammen, body - cut picture: About depictions of martyrdom on head and bust reliquaries, in: Martin Treml / Silvia Horsch (eds.), Grenzgänger der Religionskulturen, Berlin 2011, pp. 99–124.
Sources and further reading
- Ekkart Sauser : Landelin of Ettenheimmünster. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 17, Bautz, Herzberg 2000, ISBN 3-88309-080-8 , Sp. 824-825.
- Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints: Landelin von Ettenheimmünster
- H. Kewitz: On the history of St. Landelin von Ettenheimmünster , in: Die Ortenau (1985), pp. 102-119.
- J. Rest, H. Barth, B. Uttenweiler: Essays on the history of the southern Ortenau and on the cult of St. Landelin von Ettenheimmünster , Ettenheim (1986) (with literature and iconography).
- Bernhard Uttenweiler: The veneration of the holy martyr Landelin and the pilgrimage church in Ettenheimmünster , Kunstverlag Josef Fink 2006, ISBN 3-89870-299-5
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Landelin of Ettenheim Munster |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Landolin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hermit, monk and saint |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century or 7th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | at 640 |
| Place of death | at Ettenheimmünster |