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2009-10-21 11:06:08 UTC
Celtic and Old English Saints 21 October
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* St. Fintan Munnu of Taghmon
* St. Tuda of Lindisfarne
* St. Wendelin of Tholey
St. Wendelin of Tholey, Confessor
(Wendolinus, Wendel)
Died c. 607. Saint Wendelin's identity was nearly lost, although there
were
17 towns in the U.S. in 1957 named after him. He was an Irish shepherd
who
became famous for his sanctity, when settled along the Rhein following a
pilgrimage to Rome and began to evangelize the region.
A later legend makes him an Irish hermit, whose cell became the
Benedictine
abbey of Tholey in the diocese of Treves (Trier), Germany. Or, is it a
legend? The Diocese of Trier records that he was an Irish saint.
It is said that so many miracles occurred at his death that a church was
built on the spot along the Nahe River to house his relics. The church
still
survives. The 1370 stone sarcophagus, which was first used as a table to
hold the wooden shrine, and a representation of the saint from c. 1300
remain, still survive. (Benedictines, D'Arcy, Fitzpatrick, Kenney,
Montague).
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* St. Fintan Munnu of Taghmon
* St. Tuda of Lindisfarne
* St. Wendelin of Tholey
St. Wendelin of Tholey, Confessor
(Wendolinus, Wendel)
Died c. 607. Saint Wendelin's identity was nearly lost, although there
were
17 towns in the U.S. in 1957 named after him. He was an Irish shepherd
who
became famous for his sanctity, when settled along the Rhein following a
pilgrimage to Rome and began to evangelize the region.
A later legend makes him an Irish hermit, whose cell became the
Benedictine
abbey of Tholey in the diocese of Treves (Trier), Germany. Or, is it a
legend? The Diocese of Trier records that he was an Irish saint.
It is said that so many miracles occurred at his death that a church was
built on the spot along the Nahe River to house his relics. The church
still
survives. The 1370 stone sarcophagus, which was first used as a table to
hold the wooden shrine, and a representation of the saint from c. 1300
remain, still survive. (Benedictines, D'Arcy, Fitzpatrick, Kenney,
Montague).