Editing Lullus (section)

==Veneration==
[[File:Hersfelder lullusfest entrance.jpg|thumb|Hersfelder Lullusfest entrance]]
Lullus was canonized on 7 April 852. He is commemorated with a [[feast day]] on 16 October.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome |url=http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsl.htm |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=www.orthodoxengland.org.uk}}</ref>

The ''Vita Lulli'', written by Lampert of Hersfeld (probably between 1063 and 1073) led to Lullus being venerated as a saint<ref>Eine förmliche Kanonisation von Lullus fand nie statt. Die Umbettung (translatio) von 852 wird verschiedentlich falsch als Heiligsprechung interpretiert.</ref> and becoming the main patron of the abbey along with Wigbert.

Lullusfest, the oldest folk festival in Germany, marked its 1,160th birthday in 2012. The festival celebrates the founding of the city of Bad Hersfeld. Founded more than 1,275 years ago, the city still reveres Saint Lullus, who left Malmesbury in the 730s on a mission to convert the German tribes to Christianity.<ref>[http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/northwilts/10020300.print/ Robins, Tina, "Malmesbury monk celebrated in Germany's oldest folk festival", ''Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard'', 2 November 2012]</ref>