Zu Ludgerus gibt es bei Yasni 22 unterschiedliche Namen.
Ludgerus ist in der Rangreihe der häufigsten Vornamen bei Yasni auf Platz 2859.
The meaning of the name "Liudger, Ludgerus or Ludger" is "spear of the people" and is a Frisian name. "Liudger" is the original Frisian name, Ludgerus is the Roman version.
St. Ludgerus was born in 742 in Suecsnon in Frisia. Nowadays the place lies in the Dutch province of Utrecht and is known as Zuilen, part of the city of Utrecht (300.000 inhabitants). St. Ludgerus was appointed as the first bishop of Münster bij Charles the Great in 804. He was consecrated bishop 30 March 805 in Cologne. Ludgerus died 26 March 809 in Billerbeck in the neighbourhood of Münster. He was burried in the abbey church of Werden(Essen-Germany) were his body still rests today. His name day is 26 March. In 2009 is te 1200th name day of St. Ludgerus.
(Eingesendet von Arnold Rog)
