Poppo of Stavelot

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Saint Poppo of Stavelot
Roman Catholic Church
Major shrineStavelot
Feast25 January

Saint Poppo (

Stavelot and was one of the first recorded Flemish pilgrims to the Holy Land
. Liturgically, he is commemorated on 25 January.

Biography

The Vita Popponis, the biography of Poppo, was written shortly after his death by the monk Onulf and the abbot Everhelm of the

Rheims
in 1005.

Around 1008, Abbot

Diocese of Verdun
.

In 1020, the German emperor

Abbey of St. Maximin at Trier.[1]

Poppo became even more important during the reign of

Hohorst, Brauweiler, St. Vaast and Marchiennes. However, the reform of Richard of Saint-Vanne
had no permanent success in the German Empire.

Poppo practiced the most severe

Abbey of Stavelot
.

Notes

  1. ISBN 978-0-8122-1386-7, pages 42–3
  2. ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8, page 182

External links
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