Alpais
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Alpais in the Nuremberg Chronicle of Hartmann Schedel from 1493.
Alpais (also Alpis , Aupaies ; * 1155/57; † November 3, 1211 in Cudot ) was a hermit in the diocese of Sens and Orleans .
Alpais is said to have been miraculously cured of leprosy and, as an inclusive, is said to have lived only on Holy Communion for a long time . Her admiration influenced authors such as Caesarius von Heisterbach and Robert von Auxerre . In 1180 Adele , the wife of the French King Louis VII , donated a work “pour l'amour d'Alpaise” . Alpais was on February 26, 1874 by Pius IX. Beatified (feast November 3rd). Her grave is in the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church in Cudot ( France , Yonne department ).
literature
- Georg Gresser : Alpais. In: Lexicon for Theology and Church . Volume 1. Freiburg 1991, column 427 with literature.
- Elisabeth Stein : Life and Visions of the Alpais of Cudot. (1150-1211). New edition of the Latin text with accompanying investigations into the author, work, sources and aftermath. Gunther Narr Verlag, Tübingen 1995, ISBN 3-8233-4567-2 ( Script-Oralia 77).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alpais |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alpis of Cudot; Aupaies of Cudot; Alpais of Cudot; Alpaidis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mystic and Rekluse |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1155 or 1157 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 1211 |
| Place of death | Cudot |