Saint Landelin of Scotland

Landelin stopped for some time with a poor man named Edulph e, who Edulphe A poor man who welcomed Landelin upon his arrival. had settled in this wretched country and was clearing some uncultivated land. The desire to live in a deeper retreat inspired him with the plan to go further, and he ventured deeper and deeper into the forests; he finally found a small valley, watered by a river, and he settled there to praise the Lord. History does not tell us how long he inhabited this wilderness, nor the virtues he practiced there; it seems, however, that his life was very holy, since God, who was its only witness, subsequently glorified his worthy servant himself.

Landelin was discovered by the hunter of a local lord: the latter took him for one of the criminals who were then infesting the region, and, without being moved by the candor and innocence that were painted on the features of the holy man, he cowardly murdered him and left his body without giving it burial.

Edulphe's wife, worried about the fate of the blessed servant of God, began to search for him in the forest, and what was her surprise to find only his inanimate corpse! She buried him half a league from the place where the murder had been committed. Near this place, the village of Munchweiler was later formed, where one can still see the burial place of Saint Landel in today, behi saint Landelin A hermit and martyr of Scottish origin who lived in Alsace and the Breisgau. nd the high altar of the parish church. The place of the Saint's retreat and martyrdom became a pilgrimage site, where a church was built. God illuminated Landelin's tomb with miracles, and from then on a crowd of people flocked there to ask for graces from the Lord through the intercession of his servant. Several hermits settled in the vicinity, and this region, once so feared for the crimes committed there, became an asylum where religion spread its sweetest favors. To encourage these happy beginnings, Bishop Widegerne founded a small monastery nea r the tomb of Sain l'évêque Widegerne Bishop of Strasbourg and founder of the first monastery. t Landelin, which he submitted to the Order of Saint Benedict, and to which he assigned income from the property of his cathedral. This monastery, whose church was dedicated in honor of the Blessed Virgin, Saint John the Baptist, and the Apostle Saint Peter, took the name of Cella monachorum, which it communicated to the village; but, having been neglected by the successors of Widegerne, it was restored by Bishop Heddon, who gav e it the name o l'évêque Heddon Bishop of Strasbourg who restored and relocated the monastery. f Ettenbeimmunster and tr ansferred it fro Ettenbeimmunster Monastery founded in honor of Saint Landelin. m Munchweiler to the place where it subsisted until the moment of its suppression. This monastery was part of the territory of the principality of the bishops of Strasbourg.

Excerpt from the History of the Saints of Alsac e, by Abbé Hunckle M. l'abbé Hunckler Author of the original biography. r.

Excerpt from the History of the Saints of Alsace, by Abbé Hunckler.