ÉGLISE SAINT-WENDELIN

Originally a simple chapel, the church in Barst was built in 1731. A chapel dedicated to Saint Wendelin is first mentioned in the 18th century. In 1821, Barst became an autonomous parish and the Saint-Wendelin chapel became a church

According to legend, Wendelin met a great lord. This extremely wealthy and unholy man admonished Wendelin for begging for food. The nobleman said to him, "You are a young man. You can earn your own food. Come and tend my flock and earn your own bread. "Wendelin felt that by taking this job and being paid for it, he would learn more about this world. He accepted and set to work tending a herd of pigs. These creatures did not give him a minute's rest and more time for his prayers. He asked his master to relieve him of this task. The master, for all his faults, respected Wendelin's wishes. He made him work as a herdsman, tending a herd of cows. Wendelin was then able to devote more time to his devotions. The story goes that God blessed this herd because of Wendelin's prayers, so that they became so productive that again Wendelin found himself with little time for prayer.

The herd grows twice as fast as the noble lord's other flocks.

Once again, Wendelin begged his master for help. The latter then entrusted him with a flock of sheep. Once again, Wendelin found himself with enough time for prayer.

He did not always take his sheep to the same pastures, and often he drove them very far. In addition, he wanted to be far away from any other shepherd so that he could concentrate on his prayers. This is how legend has it that St. Wendelin walked through Barst's land.

Wendelin was buried in the church of St. Wendel in Saarland. He was a protector of animals, and after he passed through Barst's lands, the inhabitants entrusted him with their church.

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