Livinus [SEP] place of death
he visited Saint Augustine of Canterbury, he returned to Ireland. He later went on a "peregrinatio Domini" and left Ireland for Ghent (Belgium) and Zeeland (Netherlands) where he preached. During one of his sermons, Livinus was attacked in the village of Esse, near Geraardsbergen by a group of pagans who cut off his tongue and head.
The villages of Sint-Lievens-Esse, where he was murdered, and Sint-Lievens-Houtem, where he was buried, were named after him.
confronted with similar conflicts and clashes. It has been argued that monks of the Saint Bavo Abbey in Ghent, Livinus' presumed place of residence, have launched the cultus of Saint Livinus and found inspiration in the life of Saint Lebuinus.
A hagiography of the saint (edited in Migne, "Patrologia Latina", 89) was formerly ascribed to Saint Boniface.
Further reading.
- On the Livinus Gospels:
- Reprinted in McGurk (1998), "Gospel Books and Early Latin Manuscripts". Ashgate