Albuin

This article deals with the Bishop and Saint Albuin. For additional individuals named Albuin, see Albuin (disambiguation) .

Statues of the holy bishops Ingenuin and Albuin on the Cassian altar in Brixen Cathedral, where their relics are venerated

Saint Albuin (* 10th century; † February 5, 1006 in Brixen ) came from the noble family of the Aribones in Carinthia . He was ordained a bishop around 975 .

Live and act

Albuin was born the son of Margrave Albuin of Carinthia and his wife Hildegard . For his studies at the cathedral school in Brixen, his mother gave him the large Stein estate near Möchling in the Drautal . On September 8, 977, he was named for the first time as bishop of the " Säben and Brixner Church" ( sanctæ Sabianensis et Prixianensis ęcclesiæ ępiscopus ) in a document. With this document, Emperor Otto II transferred the Reifnitz court in Carinthia to him.

Bishop Albuin wanted his residence to be more accessible and his areas more accessible for himself in order to be closer to the center of his diocese . Therefore, around the year 990, he moved his bishopric from the rocky Säben to the flat area of ​​Brixen, which in the meantime had developed into the larger city and the cultural center of the country. This measure also had an impact on the patron saint of Brixen Cathedral. Instead of St. Stephan now became St. Kassian (patron saint of Säbens) is venerated. This was intended to ensure the continuity of the Säben seat with the new bishopric in Brixen, also in religious terms.

Bishop Albuin was the companion of Emperor Otto II, whose wars against Bohemia , Bavaria and France troubled his reign. Nevertheless, the Bishop of Brixen remained loyal to him during this time. The emperor did not leave this clear sign of loyalty unrewarded. He not only confirmed the immunity privileges from the Carolingian days , but also recognized the episcopal bailiwick. His successor, Heinrich II , also brought Bishop Albuin additional lands, including in Regensburg, Krain and Villach. In 1004 he gave him the rule of Velde in Carniola . The Brixner cathedral school is mentioned for the first time under him.

The bishop accompanied King Henry II on his way to Italy against Arduin of Ivrea before he died in 1006.

Appointment as patron saint

Sarcophagus of hll. Ingenuin and Albuin in Brixen Cathedral

Albuin was venerated as a saint as early as the 11th century. He was also accepted into the Martyrologium Romanum . Bishop Hartmann von Brixen appointed St. Albuin, together with Bishop Ingenuin , patron saint of the diocese of Bressanone . The two saints therefore usually appear together in pontifical clothing with a bishop's staff and a book. In 1151 he had Albuin's relics , which were previously in the side apse , buried on the high altar of the Brixen Cathedral. The bones of the two patron saints are today in a marble coffin on the Kassian altar in Brixen Cathedral .

Remembrance day

• Catholic: February 5th
• in Brixen: May 13th (transfer of the bones)

literature

• Josef Gelmi : Bishop Albuin: a saint at the turn of the millennium (975-1006) . Weger, Brixen 2005, ISBN 978-88-88910-34-5 .
• Ekkart Sauser :  Albuin. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 17-18.
• Heinz Wieser: Old diocesan patron died 1000 years ago , published in: Osttiroler Bote , edition of February 9, 2006.

Web links

Commons : Albuin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Albuin von Säben-Brixen in the dictionary of saints

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Vol. 1: Up to the year 1140 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8 , p. 126-128 .