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REGINBERT, ABBOT - 29 DECEMBER

 

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REGINBERT, ABBOT

Sankt Blasien 

Venerable Reginbert (Reginbertus, Regimbertus) is the founder of the famous St Blase Abbey (Abtei St Blasien), formerly called Albzell (Cella Alba), in the Black Forest. In 945, the half-ruined monastery that already existed there was transformed by him into a handsome building. He also bequeathed his entire heritage in Zurichgau to the new church. 

Venerable Reginbert was a Baron of Seldenburen (Sellenburen), privy councilor of Emperor Otto I and a brave soldier who had lost a hand in the turmoil of battle. At his request, the monastery came under the direct protection of the empire. (The document was only issued in 983.) According to Mabillon*, he was the Rambertus of whom it is said in the hermitage's records: "In 959 Rambertus took the monk's habit." An old calendar that is still preserved states that Rambertus also became a priest. Lechner* refers to him as "abbot" simply because he was founder of a monastery. His blessed passing took place on December 29, either in 962 or 964.

🖍️ Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 55 - 📷 Sankt Blasien, coloured black-and-white photo from: Der Schwarzwald in Farbenphothographien, Wagner Freiburg 1910-1911, Tafel Nr. 29

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org





































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