Landry, Landric, Landericus, or Landry of Soignies, commonly known as Saint Landry of Metz (died 17 April 692–700 AD) was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Metz, Benedictine abbot of Haumont and Soignies, and a Frankish saint. He was the son of Saint Waltrude and Madelgaire.
Biography Landry was born in the 7th century in the pagus Hainoensis, Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia (now Hainaut Province, Belgium).Lalieu, L. (1886). Vie de S. Vincent Madelgaire et de saint Wandru, son épouse, princes et partrons du Hainaut. (n.p.): Decallonne-Liagre.
Landry was born to Saint Waltrude and Vincent Madelgarius.Collin de Plancy, J. A. S. (1878). Grande vie des saints. France: Louis Vivès, libraire éditeur. He had three siblings which included Aldetrude of Maubeuge, Madelberte of Maubeuge, and Dentelin of Mons. He was the grandson of Saint Walbert IV and Saint Bertille, and had an aunt, Saint Aldegund, who was the first abbess of Maubeuge.Baring-Gould, S. (1898). The Lives of the Saints. United Kingdom: J. C. Nimmo.
Saint Landry maintained great regularity at the Abbey of Haumont founded by his father Madelgaire who later established another monastery in the forest of Soignies (now Collegiate Church of Saint-Vincent).Gossart, D. (1860). Précis de l'histoire des principaux Etablissements religieux de l'arrondissement d'Avesnes. France: Prignet. When his parents entered separate monasteries, Landry was already occupying the episcopal seat of Meaux.Devillers, L. (1857). Mémoire historique et descriptif sur l'église de Sainte-Waudru à Mons. (n.p.): Masquillier. With Saint Vincent's health declining, Landry was summoned from Meaux, who left his post to succeed his father in the religious role. He took over as abbot of his father's monasteries in 660 AD, followed by Halidulphe in 675, who then received the monastery.Vinchant, F. (1648). Annales de la province et comté d'Haynau, où l'on voit la suitte [sic] des comtes depuis leur commencement. Les antiquitez de la religion, et de l'Estat depuis l'entrée de Jules César dans le pays. Ensemble les évesques de Cambray, qui y ont commandé les fondations pieuses des églises et monastères, et les descentes de la noblesse. Belgium: de l'imprimerie de Jean Havart.
He was appointed as the 34th Bishop of Metz in France and known as Saint Landry of Metz.
Death Saint Landry died on 17 April 692–700 AD in Soignies, pagus Hainoensis, Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia (now Hainaut Province, Belgium).Cahier, C. (1867). Caractéristiques des saints dans l'art populaire: A – F : pages 1 á 440. France: Poussielgue.
On 1 October 1864, the shrine of Saint Landry, intricately carved and gilded in Renaissance style, was opened by Vicar General Charles-Joseph Voisin. The relics had been venerated in Soignies, which recorded three visits in 1269, 1406, and 1595.Marsoux, L. (1894). Chapelle et pèlerinage des Saintes Hosties a Marseille-le-Petit (Oise).. France: D. Dumoulin et Cie..
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