Bruno (bishop of Würzburg)
Saint Bruno of Würzburg | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1005 |
| Died | 27 May 1045 |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism |
| Feast | 27 May |
Bruno of Würzburg (c. 1005 – 27 May 1045), also known as Bruno of Carinthia, was
Origin and Imperial politics
Bruno was the son of
He also accompanied Henry on his second Hungarian Campaign, during which Bruno died in an accident at Persenbeug on the Danube in the present Lower Austria.
Death
The retinue of Henry III had stopped at the residence of Countess Richlinde of Ebersberg, who was faced with the task of distributing the estate of her recently deceased husband Count Adalbero II of Ebersberg. During a great banquet given by the countess, a load-bearing pillar supporting the banqueting hall broke, causing the entire floor to collapse. The king was only slightly hurt but the countess, Bishop Bruno and Abbot Altmann of Ebersberg Abbey were so badly injured that they did not survive more than a few days. The Annals of Niederaltaich add a legend to the story: before the feast, at the Strudengau on the Danube near Grein, the devil was supposed to have appeared to the bishop and threatened him already, but the bishop was able to repel him. Bruno's body was returned to his residence in Würzburg.
He was succeeded by his nephew, Adalbero of Würzburg.[2]
Burial and cultus
Many cathedrals were built in that period, and from 1040 Bruno began the construction of
Bruno wrote a well-known commentary on the Psalms, to which he appended an analysis of ten Biblical hymns, consisting of extracts from the writings of the Church Fathers.
References
- ^ Schütz, Markus. "St. Burkard – das erste Kloster in Würzburg – Geschichte (German)". Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte – Klöster in Bayern. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ Lins, Joseph. "Diocese of Würzburg." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 10 June 2018
- ^ ""May 17th"". The Roman Martyrology. boston-catholic-journal.
Sources
- Peter Kolb and Ernst-Günther Krenig (eds.), 1989: Unterfränkische Geschichte, pp. 229–232. Würzburg
External links
- Bruno in the German National Library catalogue
- "Bruno (bishop of Würzburg)". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German).
- Psalterium beati Brunonis episcopi herbipolensis (Nürnberg 1497 and Lipsiae 1533), digitised by www.digitale-sammlungen.de
- Inkunabel Psalterium beati Brunonis episcopi herbipolensis (Anton Koberger, Nürnberg 1497), digitised by the Universidad de los Andes
- http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/54850
- Works by and about Bruno in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library)
- "Bruno". Germania Sacra people index (in German). Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
- Inkunabel Psalterium beati Brunonis episcopi herbipolensis (Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1497), digitalised by the University of the Andes
