Saint Wendelin of Trier

October 22 Today is the feast day of Saint Wendelin (Wendel) of Trier.  Ora pro nobis. Saint Wendel was born about 554. His father was Forchardo, the King of Scotland, his mother, Irelina, Queen. His earliest biographies, two in Latin and two in German, did not appear until after 1417. Their narrative is the following: Wendelin was the son of a Scottish king; after a piously spent youth he secretly left his home on a pilgrimage to Rome. Wendel began a search of all the Holy places that he could find. In 574 in entered Rome.  Before leaving Rome, he met Pope Benedict I. On his way back he settled as a hermit in Westricht in the Diocese of Trier. After an unknown period of time, Wendelin started getting the urge to go to the ancient city of Trier in order to pray at the many shrines. It was here that a fascinating legend developed. It seems that one day while Wendelin was roaming from shrine to shrine, he met a nobleman who was very worldly and a known robber. This extremely wealthy and godless man admonished Wendelin because he was begging for food. The nobleman said, “You are still a ...

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