Code for ContactListViewComponents for enhancedList Visualforce component. http://blog.jeffdouglas.com/2014/12/12/enhancedlist-visualforce-component/

ContactListViewComponent.component

<apex:component controller="ContactListViewController">
  <apex:attribute name="listViewName" type="String" required="true" 
    description="The name of the listview." assignTo="{!listName}"/>	

  <apex:enhancedList height="400" rowsPerPage="25" id="ContactList"
    listId="{!listId}" rendered="{!listId != null}" />

  <apex:outputText rendered="{!listId == null}" value="Could not find requewed ListView: '{!listName}'. Please contact your administrator."/>

</apex:component>

ContactListViewController.cls

public with sharing class ContactListViewController {
    
  public String listName {
    get;
    set {
        listName = value;
        String qry = 'SELECT Name FROM Contact LIMIT 1';
        ApexPages.StandardSetController ssc = 
            new ApexPages.StandardSetController(Database.getQueryLocator(qry));
        List<SelectOption> allViews = ssc.getListViewOptions();
        for (SelectOption so : allViews) {
          if (so.getLabel() == listName) {
            // for some reason, won't work with 18 digit ID
            listId = so.getValue().substring(0,15);
            break;
          }
        }             
    }      
  }
  public String listId {get;set;}
    
}

SpecialContactsListView.page

<apex:page>
  <c:ContactListViewComponent listViewName="Super Special Contacts"/>
</apex:page>

TEST_ContactListViewController.cls

@isTest
private class TEST_ContactListViewController {
  private testMethod static void testSuccess() {
    ContactListViewController con = new ContactListViewController();
    con.listName = 'Super Special Contacts';
    System.assert(con.listId != null);
  }
  
  private testMethod static void testFailure() {
    ContactListViewController con = new ContactListViewController();
    con.listName = 'BADLISTNAME';
    System.assert(con.listId == null);
  }    
}