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The Blessed Gamelbert was a
A Brief Traditional Account of Gamelbert and Utto
* *''Vita Gamalberti'', ed. W. Levison. MGH Scriptores rerum Merov. 7: Passiones vitaeque sanctorum aevi Merovingici (V)
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The Blessed Gamelbert was a Christian
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priest, who worked in the 8th century in the area of the present Deggendorf in Bavaria
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in Germany
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Life
Gamelbert is said to have been of noble descent and a lord of Michaelsbuch. In the mid-8th century he acquired from DukeTassilo III
Tassilo III ( 741 – c. 796) was the duke of Bavaria from 748 to 788, the last of the house of the Agilolfings. The Son of Duke Odilo of Bavaria and Hitrud, the Daughter of Charles Martell.
Tassilo, then still a child, began his rule as a Frankis ...
a piece of woodland on the opposite bank of the Danube
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between Mariaposching
Mariaposching is a municipality in the district of Straubing-Bogen in Bavaria, Germany. It is a member of the municipal association Schwarzach.
It is located on the river Danube
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and Deggendorf, for which he had to pay a tax known as the ''Medema''. From this was derived the name of Metten
Metten is a municipality in the district of Deggendorf in Bavaria in Germany. The town grew up around the Benedictine Metten Abbey, founded in 766. Metten is also the birthplace of former Bayern Munich goalkeeper Sepp Maier
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both for the place itself and for the monastery, Metten Abbey
Metten Abbey, or St. Michael's Abbey at Metten (in German Abtei Metten or Kloster Metten) is a house of the Benedictine Order in Metten near Deggendorf, situated between the fringes of the Bavarian Forest and the valley of the Danube, in Bavaria i ...
, that was founded there.
The first abbot was Gamelbert's godson Utto
The Blessed Utto was the first abbot of the Bavarian Metten Abbey of the Benedictine Order. His feast is celebrated on October 3.
Biography
Utto was presumably a monk at the abbey of Reichenau; his place of birth is unknown. According to tradi ...
, who directed the construction of the monastery from his hermitage (the present Uttobrunn). In 766 twelve monks arrived from Reichenau Abbey
Reichenau Abbey was a Benedictine Order, Benedictine monastery on Reichenau Island (known in Latin as Augia Dives). It was founded in 724 by the itinerant Saint Pirmin, who is said to have fled Spain ahead of the Moorish invaders, with patronage ...
as the first official occupants, although the place was well settled by then
Other
In art, Gamelbert is represented as a priest or as a pilgrim surrounded by birds. His feast is celebrated on 17 January. Grave finds from Uttenkofen near Michaelsbuch have been dated to the late 7th or early 8th century and have been associated with the founding family of Metten Abbey.Further reading
*Becker, H. 1971. "Gamelbertus von Michaelsbuch." ''Beiträge zur Geschichte des Bistums Regensburg'' 5: 7–21. *Fink, Wilhelm. 1939. "Der selige Gamelbert." In ''Zwölfhundert Jahre Bistum Regensburg''. Regensburg. 223 ff. *Ponschab, Bernhard. 1910. ''Die seligen Utto und Gamelbert. Die Geschichte ihrer Verehrung und ihres Lebens''. Regensburg. *Prinz, Friedrich. 1962. "Die Anfänge der Benediktinerabtei Metten." ''Zeitschrift für bayerische Landesgeschichte'' 25: 20–32.External links
A Brief Traditional Account of Gamelbert and Utto
* *''Vita Gamalberti'', ed. W. Levison. MGH Scriptores rerum Merov. 7: Passiones vitaeque sanctorum aevi Merovingici (V)
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