Albert of Cashel was an eighth century

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and

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of Cashel, Ireland.

Life

Traditionally held to be an Englishman who worked in Ireland and then

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, Albert went to Jerusalem and died in Regensburg on his return journey. He was an

evangelist Evangelist may refer to: Religion * Four Evangelists, the authors of the canonical Christian Gospels * Evangelism, publicly preaching the Gospel with the intention of spreading the teachings of Jesus Christ * Evangelist (Anglican Church), a c ...

working mainly around the city of Cashel, and may have been a

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there. In a legendary 12th century biography he is called ''natione Anglus, conversatione Angelicus'' - “by race an

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, in manners an angel". He continued his work as an Evangelist in

with

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Erhard of Regensburg Saint Erhard of Regensburg was bishop of Regensburg in the 7th century. He is identified with an Abbot Erhard of Ebersheimmunster mentioned in a Merovingian diploma of 684. Ancient documents call him also Erard and Herhard. Life Peter Nugent, w ...

and is reported to have suffered from arthritis in his back and hips. He made a

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to Jerusalem, with

. He traveled to Jerusalem but died in 800 AD at

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on the return journey. Albert's grave is in Niedermünster in

and he was

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19 June 1902 by Pope

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Controversy

His existence has been questioned by some, others question his role as

Archbishop of Cashel The Archbishop of Cashel ( ga, Ard-Easpag Chaiseal Mumhan) was an archiepiscopal title which took its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. Following the Reformation, there had been parallel apostolic successions to the title ...

, stating that this

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did not existAlbert of Cashel
at saints.sqpn.com. until 1118 AD.

Literature

* Stefan Weber: ''Die Konstruktion eines fabulösen »irischen« Heiligenlebens? Der heilige Albert, Regensburg und die Iren'', in: ''Irische Mönche in Süddeutschland. Literarisches und kulturelles Wirken der Iren im Mittelalter'', ed. D. Walz/J. Kaffanke (Lateinische Literatur im deutschen Südwesten 2), Heidelberg 2009, p. 229-304.

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