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ST GEBHARD, ARCHBISHOP OF SALZBURG, CONFESSOR - 16 JUNE

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 16th of June WELCOME! SAINT GEBHARD, ARCHBISHOP OF SALZBURG, CONFESSOR Saint Gebhard   The name Gebhard is derived from Old High German words meaning " strong (tireless) in giving. "  Saint Gebhard ( Gebhardus ), Archbishop, Confessor, is commemorated on June 16. He was a descendant of the family of the Counts of Helffenstein, who resided between Ulm and the former Duchy of Württemberg . His father was named Chadold, his mother Azala. He had a sister, Dietberga, who married Werner of Reichersberg, the founder of Reichersberg Abbey , around 1070 or 1084. Saint Gebhard studied in Paris at the same time as the future bishops  Altmann of Passau and  Adalbero of Würzburg . In March 1055, Saint Gebhard was ordained a priest and a canon at Salzburg Cathedral by Archbishop Baldwin. During Henry III's reign he received the office of imperial chancellor. When Archbishop Baldwin died in 1060, he was appointed his ...