VEIT ADAM VON GEPECKH, BISHOP OF FREISING

VEIT ADAM VON GEPECKH, BISHOP OF FREISING - 8 DECEMBER

VEIT ADAM VON GEPECKH, BISHOP OF FREISING

Vitus [Veit] (December 8), surnamed Adam, was a pious bishop of Freising (South Germany), in the order of the 53rd. Due to his noble birth he had the title Prince of Geebeck [Gepeckh].

MOST DIFFICULT TIMES

He mounted the episcopal chair on February 12, 1618 under the most difficult circumstances (on four separate occasions, during the Thirty-Years War, he had to flee from the invading Swedes).

WISDOM AND PERSEVERANCE

He led the bishopric with wisdom and perseverance until December 8, 1651. He rests in the cathedral in Freising.

Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints

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