HILDEBALD, ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE

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HILDEBALD, ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE

Hildebald, Archbishop of Cologne

The name Hildebald is derived from the Old German child, meaning battle, and bald, which translates as mighty.

Hildebald, Archbishop (September 3; alternatively October 2). His name is also spelled Hildeboldus, Hyldebaldus, Hildibaldus, Hildivaldus, Hildialdus, Hildepold, Hiltibald, Hiddibald, and Addebald.

He was the first Archbishop of Cologne; prior to his tenure, the see had been occupied merely by suffragans of Trier and subsequently of Mainz. Castellanus* and Gelenius* include him among the saints. He lived during the reigns of Emperors Charlemagne and Louis the Pious. He held the See of Cologne from the year 784 to 819. In 802, he consecrated Saint Liudger (Ludger), Bishop of Münster (Mart. III. 635). In 813, he presided over a provincial council in Mainz. Charlemagne - whose arch-chaplain he was and in whom the emperor always placed his full confidence - received Viaticum and Extreme Unction at his hands. From 803 to 814, he presided over the monastery of Mondsee. In 817, he attended the Council of Aachen. His tomb is located at St Gereon’s, a church formerly known as that of the "Golden Martyrs." Until 1638, the inscription on the tomb bore the title "Saint." From that time on, a Latin chronicle recorded the text as follows: "Honour, O passerby, the remains of the Bishop of Cologne, Hildeboldus, which rest here in glory." However, in 1745, the Bollandists* received definitive information indicating that there was no trace of any public veneration of the aforementioned personage, and that the inscription quoted above no longer existed. On the other hand, a stained-glass window in the St Maurice Chapel displayed the image of a bishop with the inscription "S. Hildeboldus." However, since he is nowhere mentioned in the church records, the Bollandists* listed him merely among their Praetermissi. In a manuscript list of saints they consulted, he is listed under October 2. According to Ebeling* (I. 201), Hildebald died in the year 819 (according to Migne*, in 818). However, according to Zedler*, he seems to have lived much later.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, pp. 732-33)

*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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