St. Hiduiphus

Hiduiphus
Feastday: June 23
Death: 707

Monastic founder and husband of St. Aye, also called Hidulf. He was the count of Hainault, in Belgium, and a courtier in the royal household of Austrasia. When St. Aye entered a convent, Hidulphus became a monk at Lobbes Abbey, Belgium, which he had co-founded. 

Benedictine abbot

Hidulf (died 707) was an abbot, founder of Moyenmoutier Abbey, and reputed bishop of Trier. He may have been born in Regensburg.

Hidulf, statue in the abbey church at Moyenmoutier.

A contemporary view is that he was not a diocesan bishop, nor abbot of Saint-Dié Abbey in France.

He is a Catholic and Orthodox saint. His feast day is 11 July.

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Hiduiphus Hiduiphus Death: 707
Death: 707