Saints celebrated on the 14th of May
BLESSED TUTO, BISHOP OF REGENSBURG
Tuto (Tutto). This blessed bishop of Regensburg [Ratisbon] ascended the shepherd's throne in 893 (according to Hundius 891). He belonged to the Benedictine Order.
King Arnulf, whose chancellor he had been before, often availed himself of his advice. A special devotee of St Emmeran he built a golden altar for him and adorned it with innumerable precious gems. The same was still in existence in 1633; in that year it was used to pay a large fire tax imposed by Duke Bernhard of Weimar.
Bl. Tuto founded the Niedermünster monastery. In 895 he took part in the council at Tribur, and in 920 he consecrated the cathedral in Prague.
As he got older he gradually went blind. This happened at Mondsee Monastery. Bl. Tuto bore this fate with great detachment and equanimity. He said he would gladly do without what the flies would have better than we do, if only the gracious God would keep open his eyes of the spirit with which he would be able to behold our Saviour for all eternity.
He died in Mondsee Monastery on October 6, 931 (930). He is listed in Mabillon as "blessed", while the Bollandists put him among the marginalised because they reckon that his veneration is uncertain. However, his epitaph near St Emmeran also gives him the title "blessed."
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)
RATISBON
Ratisbon [Regensburg], the oldest town in Bavaria [South Germany], had its origin in the Roman camp, Castra Regina, the remains of whose walls exist today. Christianity was introduced during the time of the Romans. In the sixth century Ratisbon was the chief town of Bavaria, and the seat of the apostolic labours of several holy evangelists, such as St Rupert (about 697), St Emmeram (about 710), St Erhard (about 720), and Blessed Albert (about 720).
In 739 St Boniface divided the Duchy of Bavaria into the four dioceses of Ratisbon, Passau, Freising, and Salzburg, and appointed as first Bishop of Ratisbon Blessed Gawibald or Gaubald (739-61). The early bishops were chosen alternately from the canons of the Church of St Peter and the monks of the Benedictine monastery of St Emmeram, of which monastery they were simultaneously abbots; after the elevation of Salzburg to metropolitan rank by Leo III, Ratisbon was placed under it.
Through the favour of the native dukes and, after their removal, through that of the Carlovingians and Ottos, the bishops received much property and many gifts for their churches. The possessions of the chapter consisted of the three free imperial domains Donaustauf, Wörth (both on the Danube), and Hohenburg on the River Lautrach, the domain of Pechlarn below the Enns, and the administration of a few places in Lower Bavaria.
During the early period the chief care of the bishops was the conversion of the Slavs, Bohemia being for the most part won for Christianity by Ratisbon. Bishop Bahurich (817-48) baptised fourteen Bohemian princes at Ratisbon in 847, and Bohemia long belonged to the diocese.
Under Ambricho (864-91) Louis the German built the celebrated "Alte Kapelle" [Old Chapel] in which his spouse Emma and the last Carlovingian emperors Arnulf and Louis the Child found their resting places.
During the reign of Blessed Tuto (894-931) the see suffered much from the inroads of the Hungarians; Bishop Michael (942-72) took personal part in the wars against these invaders, especially in the battle of Lechfeld.
St Wolfgang (972-94) agreed to the separation of Bohemia from the diocese of Ratisbon, and also separated the property of the cathedral from the Monastery of St Emmeram.
From Catholic Encyclopedia 1913
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