Rupert of Salzburg
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| Rupert of Salzburg | |
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 Head of a Gothic style statue of Saint Rupert |
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| Born | 660? |
| Died | 27 March 710, Salzburg, Austria |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism |
| Feast | 27 March |
| Attributes | Holding a container of salt |
| Patronage | Salzburg, The State of Salzburg |
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Rupert of Salzburg (also Ruprecht, Hrodperht, Hrodpreht, Roudbertus, Rudbertus, Robert)[1] (660?[2] - 710) is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and a founder of the Austrian city of Salzburg. He was a contemporary of Childebert III, king of the Franks.[1]
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[edit] Life
Tradition states that Rupert was the scion of the Frankish Merovingian family.[1]
Rupert was a Frank and bishop of Worms until around 697, at which point he was sent to become a missionary to Regensburg in Bavaria. There, he may have first baptized Duke Theodo of Bavaria,[3] whose permission was necessary for further missionary work, and then baptized a number of the nobles. After such success, Rupert moved on to Altötting and converted the locals. He soon had converted a large area of the Danube. As well as converting the locals, Rupert introduced education and other reforms. He promoted the salt mines of Salzburg, then a ruined Roman town of Juvavum, and made it his base and renamed the place "Salzburg." He reportedly died on Easter Sunday around 710.
[edit] Veneration
In the Roman Catholic Church, Rupert's feast day is March 27.
[edit] Gallery
 An Austrian stamp of 1948 depicting a statue of Saint Rupert |
 Detail of a medal produced by the Archbishopric of Salzburg in 1772 of Saint Rupert |
 Saint Rupert depicted wearing a miter, typical of a bishop |
 Saint Rupert, as founder of a church ("ecclesiae fundator") |
 Silver 25 Pfennig coin depicting Saint Rubertus in typical iconographical style, from 1918, the City of Laufen, minted as Notgeld |
 50 Pfennig from the same series |
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[edit] References and notes
- ^ a b c Ulrich Schmid. (1912). "St. Rupert". The Catholic Encyclopedia 8. Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ According to Catholic Encyclopedia, "The assumption of 660 as the year of his birth is very likely legendary."
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia states that "this scene has no historical foundation."
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