Saint Trudpert (d. 607 or 644) was a
missionary
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in
Germany
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in the seventh century. He is generally called a
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
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**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
monk from
Ireland
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, but some consider him a German.
Life
According to legend, he went first to
Rome
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in order to receive from the pope authority for his mission. Returning from
Italy
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he travelled along the
Rhine
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to the country of the
Alamanni
The Alemanni or Alamanni, were a confederation of Germanic tribes
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on the Upper Rhine River. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Caracalla of 213, the Alemanni captured the in 260, and later expanded into pres ...
in the
Breisgau
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. A person of rank named Otbert gave him land for his mission about south of
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...
in
Baden
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History
The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden is ...
, today a part of the village
Münstertal, Black Forest
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Location
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[ Löffler, Klemens. "St. Trudpert." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 14 May 2013]
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Trudpert cleared off the trees and built a cell and a little church which later Bishop Martinus of Constance dedicated to Sts. Peter and Paul
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. Here Trudpert led an ascetic
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and laborious life.[
According to a now discounted tradition, one day when he was asleep he was murdered under a pine by one of the ]serf
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s whom Otbert had given him, in revenge for severe tasks imposed. Otbert gave Trudpert an honourable burial. The Benedictine Abbey of St. Trudpert ( :de:St. Trudpert) was built in the next century on the spot where Trudpert was buried. The story of his life is so full of legendary details that no correct judgment can be formed of Trudpert's era, the kind of work he did, or of its success. The period when he lived in the Breisgau was formerly given as 640-643; Baur gives 607 as the year of his death. The day of his death is 26 April.[
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Veneration
In 815 his bones were translated and the first biography of him was written; this biography was revised in the tenth and thirteenth centuries. His reliquary
A reliquary (also referred to as a ''shrine'', by the French term ''châsse'', and historically including ''wikt:phylactery, phylacteries'') is a container for relics. A portable reliquary may be called a ''fereter'', and a chapel in which it i ...
came finally to the abbey church of St. Trudpert and parts are held in the Ettenheim
Ettenheim ( gsw, label= Low Alemannic, Äddene) is a town in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
Ettenheim was founded in the 8th century by Eddo, bishop of Strasbourg, and the was founded at about that time. Ettenheim recei ...
münster monastery.[A. Baur: ''Der Todestag des hl. Trudpert''. In: Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv (FDA), Band XI (1877), Seite 247-252.
*Gustav Wilhelm Körber: ''Die Ausbreitung des Christenthums im südlichen Baden''. Heidelberg: Winter, 1878.]
See also
* Saint Trudpert, patron saint archive
References
External links
Catholic Online: St. Trudpert
* http://www.kloster-st-trudpert.de/
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Medieval German saints
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7th-century deaths
7th-century Christian saints
Year of birth unknown