Saint Trudo (Tron, Trond, Trudon, Trutjen, Truyen) (died ca.

He is called the "Apostle of Hesbaye" (a region mainly now in the Belgian provinces of Walloon Brabant, Liège, and Limburg).

After his ordination he returned to his native district, preached the Gospel, and built a church at Sarchinium, on the River Cicindria.

The convent for women, established by him at Odeghem near Bruges, later also bore his name (Gallia Christiana, Paris, 1887, V, 281) (see Sint-Truiden).

After the great conflagration of 1085 they were lost, but again discovered in 1169, and on 11 August that year an official recognition and translation were made by Bishop Rudolph III.