Detail Of An Antique French Holy Card Of Blessed Ludan Date And Artist Unknown

Beato Ludan

También conocido como: Ludano; Ludain; Luden

Beato

Post-Congregation

Día de Fiesta

12-Feb

Nacimiento

12th century Scotland

Fallecimiento

1202 in Nordheim, Alsace, France of natural causes; while asleep under an elm tree, Ludan received a vision that he was about to die; he prayed to receive Holy Communion one more time; an angel then appeared with the Eucharist; bells in local churches are reported to have spontaneously rang at the moment of his death; two local parishes each wanted Ludan to rest at their church; an abbot settled the matter by having the body put in a cart, the cart yoked to a wild horse, and the horse turned loose; the horse stopped in front of the church of Saint George, and there Ludan was buried; relics enshrined in Saint Ludan church in Nordheim

Biografía

Beato Ludán, también conocido como Ludano, Ludain y Luden, nació en el siglo XII en Escocia, en una familia noble. Era hijo de Itiboldo, figura destacada en la sociedad escocesa. Desde joven, Ludán mostró una profunda compasión por los menos afortunados, y esta empatía marcaría su vida de servicio.