Virgil of Salzburg
Frankish Empire | |
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Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
Canonized | 1233 by Pope Gregory IX |
Feast | 27 November |
Virgil (c. 700– 27 November 784), also spelled Vergil, Vergilius, Virgilius, Feirgil or Fearghal, was an
Biography
He originated from a noble family of Ireland, where his name was Feirgil or Fearghal, and is said to have been a descendant of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Feirgil was probably educated at the Iona monastery.[2]
In
Around 745, he left Ireland, intending to visit the Holy Land; but, like many of his countrymen, who seemed to have adopted this practice as a work of piety, he settled down in France, where he was received with great favour by
As Abbot of St Peter's, he clashed with Saint Boniface. A priest having, through ignorance, conferred the Sacrament of Baptism using, in place of the correct formula, the words "Baptizo te in nomine patria et filia et spiritu sancta" (instead of "Baptizo te in nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti"), Vergilius held that the sacrament had been validly conferred, but Boniface complained to Pope Zachary. The latter, however, decided in favour of Virgil. Later on, Boniface accused Virgil of spreading discord between himself and Duke Odilo of Bavaria and of teaching a doctrine in regard to men descended not from Adam, which was "contrary to the Scriptures". Pope Zachary's decision in this case was that "if it shall be clearly established that he professes belief in another world and other people existing beneath the earth, or in [another] sun and moon there, thou art to hold a council, and deprive him of his sacerdotal rank, and expel him from the church."[6]
The treatise in which Virgil expounded his doctrine no longer exists. Two things, however, are certain: first, that there was involved the problem of
After the martyrdom of Boniface, Virgil was made
Veneration
He is venerated as a saint in both the
His doctrine that the earth is a sphere was derived from the teaching of ancient geographers, and his belief in the existence of the antipodes was probably influenced by the accounts which the ancient Irish voyagers gave of their journeys. This, at least, is the opinion of Rettberg (Kirchengesch. Deutschlands, II, 236).
Dedications
Aside from being personally associated with
There is a church dedicated to him in
Art and culture
A large marble statue of him stands outside the doors of Salzburg Cathedral. A
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Warren, Frederick Edward (1881). The Liturgy and Ritual of the Celtic Church. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 45.
- ^ Clancy, Thomas Owen; Gilbert, Márkus (1995). Iona: The Earliest Poetry of a Celtic Monastery. Edinburgh University Press. p. 17.
- ^ a b c "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Vergilius of Salzburg". www.newadvent.org.
- ^ a b c "Stevens, Clifford. The One Year Book of Saints, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., Huntington, Indiana".
- ^ Enright, M.J. Iona, Tara, and Soissons: The Origin of the Royal Anointing Ritual. (Arbeiten zur Fruhmittelalterforschung, 17). Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1985. pp. ix, 198
- ^ MGH, Epistolae Selectae, 1, 80, pp. 178–9 [1]; translation in M. L. W. Laistner, Thought and Letters in Western Europe, pp. 184–5.; see also Jaffe, Biblioth. rerum germ., III, 191
- ^ "St. Camillus-St. Virgillus Roman Catholic Church". Stcstv.com. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Patron". St. Virgil's Parish.
- ^ "St Virgil's College – St Virgil's College Hobart".
- ^ "Beginnings". Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ a b "A Saint for this Neck of the Woods - Dhiraja". Dhiraja.srichinmoycentre.org. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Photo". www.dawsoncentre.org. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ Centre, Christopher Dawson (8 April 2014). "OUR GOALS | The Christopher Dawson Centre for Cultural Studies".
- ^ "St. Virgilius erbaut den ersten Salzburger Dom". Austria-Forum.
- ^ "St. Virgil-Painting-Hobart Tasmania". 29 December 2008 – via Flickr.
- ^ "jan-toorop.com - This website is for sale! - jan toorop Resources and Information". www.jan-toorop.com.
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Sources
- Laistner, M.L.W. Thought and Letters in Western Europe: A.D. 500 to 900, 2nd. ed. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Pr., 1955. ISBN 0-8014-9037-5
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Turner, William (1912). "St. Vergilius of Salzburg". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
External links
Media related to Virgilius of Salzburg at Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Virgilius from the EWTN library