Eberhard I (archbishop Of Salzburg)
Eberhard was Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria. Eberhard was born to a noble family of Nuremberg, Germany; he became a Benedictine in 1125 at Prüfening Abbey, Pruffening, Germany. Later he was made Abbot of Biburg near Regensburg. In 1146 Pope Innocent II appointed him Archbishop of Salzburg.Monks of Ramsgate. "Eberhard". ''Book of Saints''
1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 21 November 2012 He rose to fame as a mediator when Pope Alexander III was faced with the Papal_election,_1159#Schism, “Investiture Controversy”, led by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and Antipope Victor IV (1159–1164), antipope Victor IV. Eberhard was one of the most able and most holy of the prelates of his age. He died in 1164, at the age of seventy-nine, returning from another peace keepi ...
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Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is th ...
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