Alexander of Bergamo

Saint Alexander of Bergamo was a Roman soldier in the Theban Legion . He died a martyr's death after desecrating idols in the presence of Emperor Maximian . He is the patron saint of Bergamo . His festival is celebrated on August 26th.

In connection with the transfer of Alexander's relics, the chapel of St. Ursula in Kempraten is mentioned for the first time in 835 : a deacon of the Fulda Abbey was warmly welcomed by a beneficial priest in Kempraten on his return trip from Italy . Relics of the saint handed over to gratitude founded the history of the pilgrimage site, where many people sought healing in physical and spiritual distress , as the monk Rudolf von Fulda recorded.

Entry in Schedel's world chronicle from 1493

As Alexander ritter, Alexander von Bergamo has his own short entry including a portrait in Hartmann Schedel's Weltchronik from 1493, a kind of encyclopedia of the late Middle Ages. On sheet CXXIIII it says:

“Alexander the strict knight. At the same time as he was at Bergomo, one of the members of the Theborum was constantly preaching instead of the Christian names. According to numerous virtues practiced there in cutting off his hawbts, the marter erlich volbracht the corpse Grata greeted a saint wittibine on the ground and pods. there was a lavish temple that is pawet after it is there. "

literature

Ekkart Sauser: Alexander of Bergamo. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Col. 17. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
Paul W. Roth: Soldiers Saints , Verlag Styria, Graz Vienna Cologne, 1993, ISBN 3-222-12185-0

Web links

Commons : Alexander von Bergamo - Collection of images, videos and audio files

St. Alexander - (Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints)

Individual evidence

↑ Norbert Lehmann: Information brochure on the St. Ursula Chapel. Published by the Catholic Parish Rapperswil-Jona, as of September 2013.
↑ Hartmann Schedel: Weltchronik 1493. Colored and commented complete edition , introduction and commentary by Stephan Füssel, Augsburg 2004, ISBN 3-8289-0803-9 .

personal data
SURNAME	Alexander of Bergamo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman soldier and Christian martyr
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century or 4th century
DATE OF DEATH	4th century

[kath-rajo_infobroschüre-1] Norbert Lehmann: Information brochure on the St. Ursula Chapel. Published by the Catholic Parish Rapperswil-Jona, as of September 2013.

[2] Hartmann Schedel: Weltchronik 1493. Colored and commented complete edition , introduction and commentary by Stephan Füssel, Augsburg 2004, ISBN 3-8289-0803-9 .