Abbo from Auxerre

Abbo von Auxerre († 860 ) is a Catholic saint .

His father Antelmus came from Bavaria, his mother Frotilde was a Franconian from Gâtinais . His predecessors in the office of bishop, Heribald, and Lupus Servatus were his brothers.

Abbo was a monk in the monastery of Germanus in Auxerre (France), was elected abbot and in 857 Bishop of Auxerre. He resigned from office three years later to return to life as a monk.

Catholic Memorial Day: December 3rd

Individual evidence

↑ In a letter to Heribald he mentions the communis frater , the "common brother" (No. 37, in Epistolae (in quart) 6: Epistolae Karolini aevi (IV). Edited by Ernst Dümmler , Ernst Perels et al. Berlin 1902, p. 46 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )). Source for the origin of Heribald and thus also that of Lupus are the "Deeds of the Bishops of Auxerre" ( Gesta episcoporum Autisiodorensium ), in: Georg Waitz u. a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 13: Supplementa tomorum I-XII, pars I. Hannover 1881, pp. 397-398 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version ).

Web links

http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienA/Abbo_von_Auxerre.html

predecessor	Office	successor
Heribald	Bishop of Auxerre 857–859	Chrestien

personal data
SURNAME	Abbo from Auxerre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	catholic saint
DATE OF BIRTH	8th century or 9th century
DATE OF DEATH	860

[familie-1] In a letter to Heribald he mentions the communis frater , the "common brother" (No. 37, in Epistolae (in quart) 6: Epistolae Karolini aevi (IV). Edited by Ernst Dümmler , Ernst Perels et al. Berlin 1902, p. 46 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )). Source for the origin of Heribald and thus also that of Lupus are the "Deeds of the Bishops of Auxerre" ( Gesta episcoporum Autisiodorensium ), in: Georg Waitz u. a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 13: Supplementa tomorum I-XII, pars I. Hannover 1881, pp. 397-398 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version ).