Leudinus Bodo[1] was a seventh century bishop of Toul, successor to Eborinus, or Elbonirus[2]. He was a Benedictine[3]. He occurs in hagiographies.

He is traditionally known as the founder of Bodonis Monasterium (the monastery of Bodo), later called Bon-Moutier (Bonmoutier, Bon Moustiers)[4]. Bonmoutier is in the modern Val-et-Châtillon, Vosges.

He is said to have been born around 625, in Bassigny, to Gundoin and Saratrude of the Etichonids, a family of the Austrasian nobility. His sister was Saint Salaberge, who founded the monastery at Laon[5]. He founded also the Abbey of Étival (Stivagium, Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Étival[6])[7], dated to 663[8] and the Abbey of Othonville, and died around 678.[9].

References

   * Paul Burns (2000), Butler's Lives of the Saints, p. 101.

Notes

  1. ^ Leudovinus, Leudvinus, Leudvin, Leudin, Lendin, Saint Bodo, Saint Bodon.
  2. ^ http://www.gourment.chez-alice.fr/evequesdetoul.htm
  3. ^ OSB. Saints of the Order of Saint Benedict. 1/4
  4. ^ Page 3 - Le diocèse de Saint-Dié
  5. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: Nancy
  6. ^ fr:Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Étival
  7. ^ Now Étival-Clairefontaine, Vosges;[1], [2].
  8. ^ http://juillot.home.cern.ch/juillot/salm_ang.html
  9. ^ [3], in French.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leduin_Bodo