EGBERT, ARCHBISHOP OF TRIER

EGBERT, ARCHBISHOP OF TRIER - 8 DECEMBER

VENERABLE EGBERT, ARCHBISHOP OF TRIER

Venerable Egbert (Egbertus) is remembered on December 8 and December 9. Egbert was the son of the very powerful Count Theodoric II of Holland. In his early youth he was entrusted to the education of some pious Benedictine monks, whom he delighted with his piety and zeal. After making his profession as a youth, he received the ordination of the subdeaconate. And when, on the feast of Saint Adalbert, his special patron saint, he was prevented by a fever and ardently desired to be able to serve at the altar, he suddenly regained his health after invoking this saint.

When he was subsequently raised to the archiepiscopal see of Trier (Triers, Treves), he was so at home in his office that it seemed as if, in the solitude of his monastery, he had thought of nothing else but the duties of a bishop. He was a friend of the monasteries, watched strictly over his clergy, and earnestly defended the property of the churches. He often proclaimed God's word himself before the people and clergy and always proved himself particularly generous to the poor. Among other very valuable gifts, he gifted the monastery of Saint Edmund with a precious cross, through which many sick people were later healed. He died in 993. Some other sources state that his memorial is celebrated on April 24 or on September 18.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, pp. 18-19)

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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