Burchard of Würzburg

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Burchard of Würzburg
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Feast14 October
The statue of Saint Burchard on Würzburg's Alte Mainbrücke.

Burchard of Würzburg (in German Burkard or Burkhard) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary who became the first

Bishop of Würzburg
(741–751).

Life

Burchard was an

Boniface (who may have been a relative) in his missionary labors, some time after 732. He lived for a time at the Abbey of St. Peter in Fritzlar, founded by Boniface. Later he left to become a missioner in Thuringia.[3]

When Boniface organized bishoprics in Middle Germany, he placed Burchard over that of Würzburg. As was customary at the time, his appointment was approved by Carloman (mayor of the palace), who endowed the diocese with a number of benefits. His consecration can not have occurred later than the summer of 741, since in the autumn of that year, he was documented as officiating as a bishop at the consecration of Willibald of Eichstädt.[4]

Carolingians.[4]

In 751, he resigned his see in favor of Megingoz, a Benedictine monk from St. Peter's Abbey in Fritzlar,[5] and retired to a life of solitude. In 752, he dedicated the Abbey of St. Andrew in Würzburg (which was later renamed in his honor).

On July 8, 752, he translated the relics of Saint Kilian and his companions Saint Totnan and Saint Colman to Würzburg Cathedral which was then dedicated to St Kilian.[6]

Burchard died in 753.

Veneration

His relics were translated to the Abbey of St. Andrew in 986.

His feast day is 14 October.[4]

References

  1. ^ Monks of Ramsgate. “Burchard”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 September 2012Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. doi:10.1353/cat.2008.0046
  3. ^ Borrelli, Antonio. "San Burcardo di Würzburg", Santi e Beati, October 31, 2002
  4. ^ a b c Kirsch, Johann Peter. "St. Burchard of Würzurg." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 6 September 2017
  5. ^ Alban Butler. “Saint Burckard, First Bishop of Wurtzburg, Confessor”. Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints, 1866. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 October 2013. Web
  6. ISBN 9789004146662

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Burchard of Würzurg". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Sources

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