Saint Emeric of Hungary
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Emeric (
Giselle of Bavaria
.
Life
Family
Emeric is assumed[2] to be the second son of Stephen I. Named after his maternal uncle Henry II, he was the only one of Stephen's sons who reached adulthood.
Education
Emeric was educated in a strict and ascetic spirit by the Benedictine monk from Venice, Gerard, from the age of 15 to 23. He was intended to be the next monarch of Hungary, and his father wrote his Admonitions to prepare him for this task. His father tried to make Emeric co-heir still in his lifetime.
He married in the year 1022. The identity of his wife is disputed. Some say it was
Adelaide/Rixa of Poland
or one of her unnamed sisters.
Death and sainthood
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The succession plans of Emeric's father could never be fulfilled: on 2 September 1031, at age 24, Emeric was killed by a
Székesfehérvár Basilica. Several wondrous healings and conversions happened at his grave, so on 5 November 1083 King Ladislaus I unearthed Emeric's bones in a large ceremony, and Emeric was canonised for his pious life and purity along with his father and Bishop Gerard of Csanád by Pope Gregory VII
.
Emeric is most often pictured in
lily. It is believed by some Hungarians that Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer and the namesake of the Americas, was named after the saint, but no proof of this etymology exists.[4]
See also
Further reading
- Vita sanctorum Stephani regis et Emerici ducis: ad fidem codicum seculi xii, xiii, et xv; ed. M. Florianus. Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1881.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint Emeric of Hungary.
- ^ Stracke, Richard (2015-10-20). "Hungarian Saints: Adalbert, Martin, Stanislas, Emeric and Stephen". Christian Iconography.
- ^ ISBN 3-88309-038-7
- ^ W. Swoboda, Emeryk, Słownik Starożytności Słowiańskich, t. 8, cz. 1, 1998, s. 112
- ^ Jonathan Cohen. "The naming of America: Fragments we've shored against ourselves". Retrieved 1 April 2013.
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