Theobald of Provins
Saint Theobald of Provins | |
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Canonized | 1073, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Alexander II |
Feast | June 30 |
Attributes | depicted as a hermit or as a knight[1] |
Patronage | Provins; farmers; winegrowers; shoemakers; beltmakers;[1] charcoal-burners;[2] bachelors; invoked against fever; afflictions associated with the eyes; dry cough; infertility; panic attacks[1] |
Theobald of Provins (French: Saint Thibaut, Thibault, Thiébaut) (1033–1066) was a French hermit and saint.
Biography
He was born at Provins to the French nobility, his father being Arnoul, Count of Champagne.[3] He was named after his uncle, Theobald of Vienne, also considered a saint.[4]
As a youth, Theobald admired the lives of hermits such as
Theobald refused to get married or to begin a career either in the army or at court. When war broke out between his cousin
Theobald left home with a friend named Walter to become a hermit at
, where they worked as day laborers.The two friends became
Theobald's mother, Gisela, received the permission of her husband to stay with their son and became a hermit herself near this place of retreat. Theobald died from an illness in which the skin of every limb was covered over in blotches and ulcers.[4]
Shortly before he died, Theobald made his profession of religious vows to the prior of his Camaldolese community, who had been summoned for this purpose when it was realized how close Theobald was to death.[2]
Veneration
Theobald died in
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References
- ^ a b c "Theobald_von_Provins". Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon. n.d. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
- ^ a b "San Teobaldo di Provins". Santi e beati. 18 Jun 2006. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
- ^ François Verdier, Saints de Provins et comtes de Champagne. Essai sur l'imaginaire médiéval, Guéniot, Langres 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f H. Pomeroy Brewster, Saints and festivals of the Christian Church, F.A. Stokes, 1904, pp. 314-315.
- ^ a b Löffler, Klemens. "St. Theobald." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 1 August 2017
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Theobald". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
External links
- Theobald of Provins
- Johannes Madey (2000). "Theobald of Provins". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 17. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1363–1364. ISBN 3-88309-080-8.
- (in Italian) San Teobaldo di Provins
- Colonnade Statue in St Peter's Square