Hidulf
[Also: Hildulf, Hidulfus, Hidulphus, Hiduiphus, Hidulphe, Hydulphe.] (died 707) was an
abbot
Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fem ...
, founder of
Moyenmoutier Abbey
Moyenmoutier (; german: Mittelmünster) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Inhabitants are called ''Médianimonastériens''.
Geography
The little town of Moyenmoutier is positioned along the lower part of ...
, and reputed
bishop of Trier
The Diocese of Trier, in English historically also known as ''Treves'' (IPA "tɾivz") from French ''Trèves'', is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Germany.[Regensburg
Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...]
.
A contemporary view is that he was not a diocesan bishop, nor abbot of
Saint-Dié Abbey in France.
[Paul Burns, ''Butler's Lives of the Saints'' (2000), p. 81.]
He is a Catholic
and Orthodox saint. His
feast day
The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ...
is 11 July.
See also
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Erhard of Regensburg
Saint Erhard of Regensburg was bishop of Regensburg in the 7th century. He is identified with an Abbot Erhard of Ebersheimmunster mentioned in a Merovingian diploma of 684. Ancient documents call him also Erard and Herhard.
Life
Peter Nugent, w ...
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Odile of Alsace
Odile of Alsace, also known as Odilia and Ottilia, born c. 662 - c. 720 at Mont Sainte-Odile), is a saint venerated in the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is a patroness saint of good eyesight and of the region of Alsace.
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Notes
References
707 deaths
8th-century Christian saints
Year of birth unknown
Colombanian saints
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