Name Landelin
Gender Masculine
Other Forms FormsLandelinus (Latinized form)
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Meaning & History
Variant of LANDOLIN. Saint Landelin (c.625-686, Belgium) was a former brigand who underwent a Christian conversion. As a result of this, in about 650 he founded a monastery at Lobbes in Hainaut - Lobbes Abbey - in order to make amends to the area which he had formerly injured.