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RUPERT, ABBOT OF DEUTZ - 4 MARCH

 

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RUPERT, ABBOT OF DEUTZ

Rupert (Rupertus), a pious Benedictine whose origin and time of birth are unknown, was a monk under Abbot Berengar (1076 to 1115) at Saint Laurence Monastery in Liège. There he was taught by  Heribrandus (who later became abbot), who impressed on him devotion to the blessed Virgin whom the Church calls "the Seat of Wisdom". Later he came to Siegburg and from there, on the recommendation of Bishop Cuno of Regensburg [Ratisbon] to Deutz Abbey [near Cologne], where he became abbot in 1117.

Rupert undertook a trip to Rome in 1124, where he attended the consecration of Pope Honorius II. He was a very prolific writer; he penned a history (chronicon) of Saint Laurence Monastery in Liège, the story of the conversion of a certain Jew from Cologne named Judas, later called Herimann, who became a lay brother at the Kappenberg monastery, the description of a great conflagration that occurred in Deutz in 1128, the life of the bishop Cuno of Regensburg, a biography of Saint Heribert, Bishop of Cologne, the sufferings of Saint Eliphius, commentaries on many books of the Old and New Testaments, and many other dogmatic and ascetic writings. On countless occasions he verbally defended the honour of God, too, and the purity of the faith, and willingly bore repercussions for this.

His blessed passing took place on March 4, 1135 (according to others 1129 or 1130). Indeed, he does not enjoy ecclesiastical veneration, but the Marian Benedictine Year* contains his name as "Saint Rupert". (I. 223 and 299)

Abbot Rupert is also remembered on March 3 and Merch 5.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 166)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

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