{{short description|Frankish saint}} {{Infobox saint | name = Dentelin | birth_name = Dentelin | honorific_prefix = Saint | image = Waltraud Waudru.jpg | issue = | noble family = | birth_date = {{c.}} 649 | birth_place =Pagus Hainoensis, Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia | death_date = {{c.}} 16 March 656 | death_place = Mons, Pagus Hainoensis, Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia | feast_day = 16 March | venerated_in = Mons<br>Soignies<br>Rees<br>Emmerich am Rhein | imagesize = | caption = | titles = | beatified_date = | beatified_place = | beatified_by = | canonized_date = | canonized_place = | canonized_by = | attributes = | patronage = | major_shrine = | suppressed_date = | issues = }}
'''Dentelin of Mons''', also known as '''Dentelin of Soignies''' ({{Langx|la|Dentelinus}}; died {{circa}} 16 March 656) was a Frankish saint. He was the son of Saint Waltrude and Madelgaire.
==Biography== Dentelin was born around {{c.}} 649 AD in the pagus Hainoensis, Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia (now Hainaut Province, Belgium).<ref name="Lalieu, L. (1886)">Lalieu, L. (1886). Vie de S. Vincent Madelgaire et de saint Wandru, son épouse, princes et partrons du Hainaut. (n.p.): Decallonne-Liagre.</ref>
Belonging to a family of saints, he was the fourth child of Saint Waltrude and Vincent Madelgarius with his siblings including Aldetrude of Maubeuge, Madelberte of Maubeuge, and Landry of Soignies. He was born after Landry.<ref name="Lalieu, L. (1886)"/> His grandfather was Saint Walbert IV, his grandmother was Saint Bertille, and his aunt was Saint Aldegund, first abbess of Maubeuge.<ref>Baring-Gould, S. (1898). The Lives of the Saints. United Kingdom: J. C. Nimmo.</ref>
==Death== Saint Dentelin died around {{c.}} 16 March 656 AD at the age of seven in the pagus Hainoensis, Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia (now Hainaut Province, Belgium).<ref name="O'Hanlon, J. (1873)">O'Hanlon, J. (1873). Lives of the Irish saints. Ireland: (n.p.)..</ref>
His body was first placed in Cousolre in the family tomb next to that of Saint Walbert IV. St. Dentelin's remains were later conveyed to the Church of Saint-Vincent de Soignies in Hainaut and kept in a shrine beside those of his father Madelgaire.<ref name="Marsoux, L. (1894)">Marsoux, L. (1894). Chapelle et pèlerinage des Saintes Hosties a Marseille-le-Petit (Oise).. France: D. Dumoulin et Cie..</ref> He was then transported and venerated at Rees, a small town on the Rhine in the Duchy of Cleves between Emmerich and Wesel.<ref name="Marsoux, L. (1894)"/> The canons of the church of Rees customarily celebrated his memory every year on 14 July. Through the intercession of Dentelin, his relics were attributed with many miracles at Rees, particularly assisting the sick and suffering.<ref name="O'Hanlon, J. (1873)"/> In 1040, Saint Irmgrade, daughter to the Count of Zutphen, established the collegiate church in Emmerich am Rhein to honor the Blessed Virgin.<ref name="O'Hanlon, J. (1873)"/>
His feast day is celebrated in Soignies of Hainaut on 16 May.<ref>Chastelain, C. (1709). Martyrologe universel. France: Chez Frederic Leonard.</ref> The collegiate church of the town of Rees, in the land of Cleves, honors him as patron and celebrates his feast on 14 July, the same day as Saint Vincent. The church and parish of Saint Aldegonde in Emmerich on 14 March.<ref>Vinchant, F., Descamps, A. P. V. (1848). Annales de la province et comté du Hainaut: contenant les choses les plus remarquables advenues dans ceste province, depuis l'entrée de Jules César jusqu'à la mort de l'infante Isabelle. Belgium: A. Vandale.</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery mode=nolines> Drawing of the Seal of the Chapter of Soignies.png|Seal of the Chapter of Soignies depicting Saint Vincent and his two sons, Landry and Dentelin. </gallery>
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