Agilolf of Cologne

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Statue of Agilolf at the Cologne city hall tower

Agilolf of Cologne was bishop of Cologne from 745 to around 752 .

Life

11th century traditions see Agilolf as Abbot of Stablo-Malmedy before he became Bishop of Cologne. His appointment to the office of Bishop of Cologne took place around 745 at the request of the Frankish imperial aristocracy. Agilolf was a representative of the reform movement around St. Boniface . His participation in the last synod of Boniface is documented by a letter from Pope Zacharias dated May 1, 748. The year of his death may be 752.

Adoration

Agilolf is venerated today as a saint . The day of remembrance assigned to him is July 9th; on this day his supposed bones were transferred to Cologne in 1092. In later traditions Agilolf is often equated with a monk from Malmedy who was slain by robbers; According to the current state of knowledge, this is a mix-up. The later Archbishop of Cologne , Anno II. , Had the bones of this slain monk transferred to Cologne. A street in the Cologne-Neustadt-Süd district was named after him.

Agilolf altar and shrine

The shrine of Agilolf set up next to the altar

The 5.5 m high and almost 7 m wide carved altar was made in Antwerp around 1520 and, according to the cathedral builder Barbara Schock-Werner, is one of the most important and largest of its time due to its extraordinary wealth of figures and imaginative costumes. He was originally in the church Marie degrees next to the cathedral and came after their demolition in 1817 in the Cathedral .

Tower figure

A figure of the Cologne town hall tower shows Agilolf with a falcon in his hand. According to legend, a knight doubted his holiness after Agilof's death. This is no more a saint than his hunting falcon can sing. Then the falcon began to sing and Agilolf's sanctity was thus proven. The figure made by Elisabeth Baumeister-Bühler can be found on the fourth floor on the south side of the town hall tower.

literature

  • History of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Vol. 1: The Diocese of Cologne from the beginning to the end of the 12th century , ed. by Eduard Hegel, 2nd edition, revised by Friedrich Wilhelm Oediger, Bachem Cologne 1971
  • Agilolf , in: Prosopography des personnages mentionnés dans les textes pour l'époque de Pépin le Bref et de son frère Carloman (741-768). Isel, Didier F. 2007.
  • Ekkart Sauser :  AGILOLF from Cologne. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 7-8.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • HJD Asthöwer: Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Official edition. 11th ed. 1866, p. 2 ( online in the Google book search).

Web links

Commons : Agilolf von Köln  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://prosopographie-id.de/agil wulf (748) P.htm (link not available)
  2. ↑ a b Ekkart Sauser :  AGILOLF of Cologne. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 7-8.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  3. ↑ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, July 9, 2012, p. 28
  4. ^ H. Kier: Cologne. The council tower. City tracks. Volume 21. S. 628. JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne, 1996. ISBN 3-7616-1156-0
  5. ↑ stadt-koeln.de: Sculptures on the fourth floor , accessed on January 15, 2015
predecessor Office successor
Reginfrid Bishop of Cologne
around 745–752 		Hildegar
Anglin Abbot of Malmedy and Stablo (?)
Around 746–750 		Alberik
personal data
SURNAME Agilolf of Cologne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Agilulfus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Cologne, saint
DATE OF BIRTH before 745
DATE OF DEATH after 752