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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]
m. Itta (Ittaberga; Yduberga) UNKNOWN (592–652). Issue: 3
Cawley, Charles (2006). Medieval Lands v.3. fmg.ac.PEPIN I "le Vieux" or "de Landen" ( - 640)
“Saint Pepin of Landen“ (575-c.646) CatholicSaints.Info, 14 September 2016, Web accessed 15 September 2017
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Father needs to be removed as this is historically incorrect.
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.
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