After graduating, he worked as an engraver and painter at the Villeroy and Boch porcelain factory in Mettlach on the River Saar.
During the confusion of the French Revolution the mortal remains were salvaged by the Boch industrialist family (founders of Villeroy & Boch, ennobled in 1892) and hidden in an attic room in Mettlach on the Saar River.
He is the patron saint of Mettlach parish and his relics are carried by procession at the annual Pentecost celebration through the town.
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Saint Leudwinus, Count of Treves (Leodewin, Liutwin, Ludwin) (c. 660 - † 29. September, 722 in Reims) founded an abbey in Mettlach.
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His coffin was placed alone on a ship that was sailed by itself, first to Moselle, then Saar and finally docked at Mettlach where the church bells began to ring.
This was a set of 16 local scenes, ranging from a view of the Saar River near Mettlach to the Burbach Steelworks at Dillingen.
The mosaic floor with his figural representations was designed by the architect and produced in Mettlach.
SV Mettlach is a German association football club from the city of Mettlach, Saarland.
He was the abbot of Mettlach prior to his election in 847 to succeed his uncle, Hetto, as archbishop.
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