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• Hij is geboren rond 660 in Mettlach, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany.
• Titel: St Leutwinus Bishop of Treves
• (Relationship) : 39th Great Grandfather.
• Hij is overleden op 29 september 722 in Tréves, Alsace, Bas-Rhein, Rheinland, Germany.
• Een kind van WARINUS de POITIERS en KUNZA von METZ
• Een kind van WARINUS de PARIS en KUNZA

Gezin van LEUTWINUS de TREVES

Hij is getrouwd met WILLIGARDE von BAVARIA.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 689 te Tréves, Alsace, Bas-Rhein, Rheinland, Germany.

Kind(eren):

1. WIDO von HORNBACH  ± 692-722 
2. Rotrude de TREVES  ± 689-723
3. Milo de TREVES  ± 690-763

Notities over LEUTWINUS de TREVES

Saint Leudwinus, Count of Treves (Leodewin, Liutwin, Ludwin) (c. 660 - † 29. September, 722 in Reims) founded an abbey in Mettlach. He was Archbishop of Treves and Laon. His feast day is September 23. He is the patron saint of Mettlach parish and his relics are carried by procession at the annual Pentecost celebration through the town.

He is the son of Saint Warinus, the paternal grandson of Saint Sigrada and his uncle was Saint Leodegarius.

Leudwinus was born a Frankish nobleman and was a member of one of the most powerful clans in Austrasia. He was the son of Warinus, Count of Poitiers and Gunza of Metz. Lambert of Maastricht was his kinsman. His Frankish name is Liutwin.

Leudwinus spent his early life at the royal court of Austrasia. He was styled Count of Treves.

He received his education from his maternal uncle, Saint Basinus, Archbishop of Treves. In 697, Leudwinus signed the Deed of Echternach with his uncle.

Leudwinus was initially uninterested in an ecclesiastical career. Instead he married Willigard of Bavaria. They had issue:

Milo, Count of Treves
Wido (Guy), Count of Hornbach
(Possibly) Chrotrude of Treves (Rotrude), who married Charles Martel and became Duchess of Austrasia.

When Leudwinus became a widower, he joined the monastery he founded at Mettlach as a simple monk.

Bishop of Triers - In 697 Leudwinus was appointed coadjutor of his uncle Basinus von Trier. In 698, he cofounded the Echternack Abbey at Mettlach.

When Archbishop Bastinus died on 4 March 705, Leudwinus succeeded him and was consecrated Archbishop of Treve. Leudwinus was also appointed bishop of Laon. This made Leudwinus one of the most important church dignitaries in the Frankish kingdom.

Leudwinus died 29 September 722 at Reims. He was succeeded as Archbishop of Treve by his son, Milo, who brought his father's remains to Treve to be buried. However local customs prevented this and Leudwinus' family decided to let the dead saint choose his own place of burial. His coffin was placed alone on a ship that was sailed by itself, first to Moselle, then Saar and finally docked at Mettlach where the church bells began to ring.

Leudwinus was buried in St. Mary's Church at the Abbey at Mettlach. In 990, St. Mary's Church was replaced by a new structure called the Old Tower, the oldest preserved stone building in Saar.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leudwinus

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