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ST LEUDINUS OF TOUL, BISHOP - 11 SEPTEMBER

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 11th of September WELCOME! ST LEUDINUS OF TOUL, BISHOP Saint Leudinus Bodo, (September 11th), also Leuduinus, French St-Bodon or Leudin, was, according to Zedler the 17th bishop of Toul (Tullum Leucorum) in Lorraine. THE FAMILY He was born between the years 600 - 610 of a very respected pious family in the diocese of Toul. He spent most of his youth at Meuse (Mosa) en Bassigny near Toul. His parents were well-off, which is also illustrated by the fact that they could afford to entertain the holy Abbot Eustasius, who stayed at his Leudinus' parents, accompanied by St Agilus. St Leudinus' father was called Gundoinus (Bertoldus) and his mother was Saretrudis (Bertildis). He had a younger brother, named Fulculfus and was nicknamed Bodo. St Salaberga was his sister. He had a daughter, named Teutberga, from his wife Odila, who later became the first abbess in the Bodon-moutier. THE MONASTERIES ETIVAL AND OFFONVILLE According...