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The Rhenish folk saint Termelines , also called Timerlin , lived in the 11th century near Nörvenich in the Düren district, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Tradition has it that Termelines was a Scottish monk who lived in a monastery in Ireland . He came to Germany to do missionary work here . In a dream he had seen a certain place that he was now looking for. Via Aachen he came to the Rur , which he crossed. On Neffeltal arrived, he built himself a hut. Over time, a beautiful garden surrounded his dwelling. The inhabitants of the surrounding villages let the hermit teach them not only in the art of gardening, but also in religion. On a dark night Terme Lines was in his hermitage invaded to rob him. Since he had nothing of value, he was killed with a club. The residents wanted to bury the body of the saint in their village. The dispute was resolved by loading his body onto a cart and simply letting the oxen run. They stopped in Ollesheim . The Termeline Chapel was built there in his honor . Termelines was buried in a crypt.
A cult around the saint developed in Ollesheim. Until the end of the 18th century, the grave was the destination of pious pilgrims who fetched water and earth here. Both water and healing earth were used against consumption and diarrhea .
His name day is celebrated on the Sunday after Michael’s Festival (September 29).
literature
- Günter Bers in: Dürener Geschichtsblätter, No. 84 (1997) . Verlag des Dürener Geschichtsverein, Düren 1997, ISSN 0416-4180 , pp. 157-184.
- Günter Bers: Timerlin . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 10 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2001.
Web links
- Termelines (Timerlin) on heiligenlexikon.de
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| SURNAME | Appointment lines |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish monk who lived in a monastery in Ireland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 11th century |