Arbeo from Freising

Arbeo on a painting in the Fürstengang Freising

Arbeo's coat of arms in the Fürstengang Freising

Arbeo von Freising , also Aribo von Freising or Arbo von Freising (* 723 or earlier near Meran ; † May 4, 784 ), was Bishop of Freising .

Arbeo is assigned to the ancient nobility of the Huosi or the early Aribones . He entered the Benedictine order and was educated at the Latin school. Presbyter and notary under the Freising Bishop Joseph von Verona , he became abbot of the newly founded Scharnitz monastery in 763 . In 764 he succeeded Joseph as Bishop of Freising. The monasteries of Innichen in Pustertal (769), Schäftlarn (762) and Schliersee in Upper Bavaria (779) were founded under his leadership . In 772, Bishop Arbeo moved the Scharnitz monastery to Schlehdorf am Kochelsee.

Arbeo, who is considered to be the first writer of German origin, is mentioned as the author of the Codex Abrogans . He is also the founder of the Cathedral Library in Freising and the author of Vita Corbiniani , a biography of the life and work of St. Korbinian , which provides valuable information on early Bavarian history beyond its biographical character.

Arbeo was buried in Freising . His feast day in the Catholic Church is May 4th. In Freising, Aribostraße is named after him.

Works

• Arbeonis episcopi Frisingensis vitae sanctorum Haimhrammi et Corbiniani (Arbeos, the bishop of Freising, vitae of Saints Emmeram and Korbinian ). Published by Bruno Krusch in MGH SS. Rer. Germ. 13, Hanover 1920. ( digitized version )

literature

• Romuald Bauerreiß : The "Vita SS. Marini et Anniani " and Bishop Arbeo von Freising (765-783) , in: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, Volume 51, 1933, pp. 37-49
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Arbeo (Aribo, Arbo), Bishop of Freising. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 205.
• Kurt Becher:  Arbeo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 333 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Albert Lehner: Sacerdos = bishop. Clerical hierarchy in the Emmeram's vita. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-86583-183-5
• Sigmund Ritter von Riezler :  Arbeo . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 510 f.

Web links

Commons : Arbeo von Freising  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Arbeo von Freising in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"

predecessor	Office	successor
Joseph of Verona	Bishop of Freising 764–784	Atto