Lubentius

Bust reliquary in Dietkirchen

Sarcophagus and bust reliquary

Arm reliquary in the Kobern church

St. Lubentius from the East, July 2012

Lubentius (* around 300; † around 370 in Kobern / Mosel ) is a saint of the Catholic Church.

Life

Lubentius was ordained a priest by the Trier bishop Maximin and sent to Kobern on the Moselle as a pastor . He is said to have been a pupil of Martin von Tours . According to the Gesta Treverorum from the 12th century , Lubentius is said to have evangelized along the Lahn .

Adoration

The body of St. Lubentius is venerated in Dietkirchen , a district of Limburg an der Lahn in the collegiate church of St. Lubentius , where his body is said to have miraculously ended up.

Further relics can be found in Kell , Kobern , Lahnstein , Limburg and Trier.

Patronage

Lubentius is the patron saint of the Lahn boatmen.

Holiday

October 13th

See also: List of the Blessed and Saints / L

literature

• Lorenz Müller: St. Lubentius and Dietkirchen an der Lahn. An investigation . Self-published by the author, 1969
• Martin Persch :  Lubentius. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 5, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-043-3 , Sp. 290-292. (with bibliography)

Web links

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