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Pepin (Pippinid) Landen the Elder (bef. 580 - 640)

St Pepin (Pippin I) "le vieux, maior domus of Austrasia" Landen the Elder formerly Pippinid
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Son of [uncertain] and [mother unknown]
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Husband of — married 0614 [location unknown]
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Died after age 60 in Heristal, Liege, Belgiummap
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European Aristocracy
Pippin I (Pippinid) Landen the Elder was a member of aristocracy in ancient Europe.
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Biography

Pepin I of Landen (d. 640)[2]|

622: Advisor of King Dagobert I

629: Banished to Orleans

639: Appointed maior domus in Austrasia

He was loved by the Austrasians "for his concern for justice and his goodness" [3]

Origins

The parents listed for this individual are speculative and may not be based on sound genealogical research. Sources to prove or disprove this ancestry are needed. Please contact the Profile Manager or leave information on the bulletin board. :The parents of Pepin I of Landen are UNKNOWN.[4][1]

Marriage

m. Itta (Ittaberga; Yduberga) UNKNOWN (592–652). Issue: 3

  • Begga, Abess of Andenne (d. 693, 698 or 709)[5]
m. Ansegisel (father: Arnulf of Metz)[6]
  • Grimoald, maiores domus (615 - 657 Paris)[7]
  • Gertrudis, Abess of Abbey of Nivelles (d. 17 Mar 656/64)[8]

Veneration

Feast Day: February 21

Sources

Cawley, Charles (2006). Medieval Lands v.3. fmg.ac.PEPIN I "le Vieux" or "de Landen" ( - 640)

Wikipedia: Pepin of Landen

“Saint Pepin of Landen“ (575-c.646) CatholicSaints.Info, 14 September 2016, Web accessed 15 September 2017

  1. Parents chosen by principles of the European Aristocrats project. Medieval genealogy is not exact, and digital collaboration faces choices where print does not. The lack of parents of this profile were decided upon in consultation with primary sources, especially collected by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy’s Medieval Lands project.
    His [father] [Carloman] (according to Fredegar),[1] has been left as a courtesy to fanciful genealogists, but a speculative connection to Gertrude of Bavaria as mother has been removed.
MEDIEVAL LANDS: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy & Charles Cawley 2000-2018.

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His [father] [Carloman] (according to Fredegar),[1] has been left as a courtesy to fanciful genealogists, but a speculative connection to Gertrude of Bavaria as mother has been removed.

Father needs to be removed as this is historically incorrect.

posted by Rod Piper
Begga's profile says she was born in 0613 but the profile here of Pepin says he didn't marry Itte until 0614? Is 0614 an exact date or is it "about" 0614?
posted by Melanie Carver
De Landen-26 and Pippinid-2 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate father of St Begga (also duplicated). Please merge.
posted by [Living Tardy]
I think it is important to note that while he is called Saint in some older chronologies he was never canonized. So the proper moniker is Blessed not Saint. I think that needs to be added to his biography above. See: Butler, Alban. Lives of the Saints, Vol. II, 1866 as quoted on https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5293

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~dearbornboutwell/fam2006.html a fuller write up based on Butler's Lives of the Saints. I find it interesting that sources say he was called a saint but never canonized but nothing so far says why he was never canonized. 3 of his 4 children were and so was his wife. So I am looking to find out why. Don't know if I will be successful, but I am looking...

So here is a link to the full write up by Butler https://www.bartleby.com/210/2/214.html it says: Pepin's father is named Carloman by the Chronicle of Fredegar, the chief source for his life. His byname comes from his probable birthplace: Landen, modern Belgium. Actual Chronicles found at https://www.wdl.org/en/item/20005/ and an English translation of a summary at https://www.proquest.com/docview/303608242 and a download in English of a work by Collins that references the actual manuscript. See footnotes 61-74 https://www.academia.edu/28868071/The_Fredegar_Chronicles_unpublished_English_version_of_my_Die_Fredegar_Chroniken

It does not explain why he was never canonized. Just says: He was so popular in Austrasia that, though he was never canonized, he was listed as a saint in some martyrologies. His feast day was 21 February.

So it was under the authority of Blessed Pepin, of Landen, died on the 21st of February, in 640, and was buried at Landen; but his body was afterwards removed to Nivelle, where it is now enshrined, as are those of the Blessed Itta, and St. Gertrude in the same place. His name stands in the Belgic Martyrologies, though no other act of public veneration has been paid to his memory, than the enshrining of his relics, which are carried in processions. His name is found in a litany published by the authority of the archbishop of Mechlin. See Bollandus, t. 3. Febr. p. 250, and Dom Bouquet, Recueil des Hist. de France, t. 2. p. 603.

I am going see if I can find anything in the Vatican archives...

Ok so I found this write up that explains that prior to the 1300s local communities could decide if a member of their community deserved the moniker of Saint . This seems to be the case with Pepin. He was much loved by the community and the archbishop of Mechlin seems to have beatified him. Then a council of community leaders decided to call him Saint which is how his name appears as Saint in Belg ian martyrologies. So Papal canonization was not required in the 600s. see https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1460&context=lib_articles p 106 starts section entitled Making Saints Between the 2nd and 12th Centuries. It further states: In the early Christian church, the acclamation of a saint and the worship at the tombs of martyrs were largely spontaneous acts of local communities. In 6th- and 7th-century Europe, local aristocrats and contemporary leaders appropriated the power of the saints by promoting the saintliness of their own family members and effectively sanctifying themselves. Yet in the 8th and 9th centuries, Charlemagne and his successors passed a series of laws to restrict the formation of new cults, particularly ones that benefited their competitors.3 see link for sources assigned footnotes. It is interesting that his descendant, Charlemagne passed legislation requiring the Church to be involved in the confirmation of sainthood. Then in the 1300s the right of canonization became the right of the Pope.

posted by Laura (Pennie) Bozzay
edited by Laura (Pennie) Bozzay
Of Landen-15 and Pippinid-2 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth and death dates. Pippinid is the preferred Last Name at Birth (LNAB)
posted by John Atkinson
De LANDEN-25 and Pippinid-2 appear to represent the same person because: after research, these are the same person
posted by Robin Lee

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