Arbogast of Strasbourg

Arbogast (ahd. For the foreign inheritance ; † 618 in Strasbourg ) was a holy bishop of Strasbourg . He was the founder of the Sourburg monastery .

Vita

Arbogast fountain in Muttenz

According to one tradition, he was born in Ireland or Scotland under the name Arascach , according to another tradition he comes from the south of France.

He came to Alsace around 550 as a missionary and settled in the Hagenau forest .

As Bishop of Strasbourg, Arbogast had churches and monasteries built and ensured that the city flourished. Arbogast is considered to be the main founder of Christianity in Alsace. He was already highly admired during his lifetime. Arbogast died in Strasbourg in 618.

A monastery of his name later stood at the gates of Strasbourg.

The saints legends associated with Arbogast tell that he walked across a river with dry feet, healed the sick, drove away demons and settled disputes. Allegedly he was buried under a gallows to honor an innocent executed person.

According to a legend, he brought Siegbert , the son of the Frankish king Dagobert II back to life after a hunting accident, whereupon Dagobert appointed him Bishop of Strasbourg. However, Arbogast died in 618 , a good three decades before the birth of Dagobert II in 652 .

Arbogast is the patron saint of Rufach , Muttenz and Oberwinterthur . He is called against foot problems, tiredness and depression. His feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is July 21.

literature

Médard Barth: Saint Arbogast, Bishop of Strasbourg. His personality and his cult . In: Archive for Alsatian Church History . Vol. 14 (1939/40), pp. 1-248
Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Arbogast. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 205. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
Alois Postina: Saint Arbogast, Bishop of Strasbourg and patron saint of the diocese . 2nd Edition. Strasbourg 1928

Web links

Commons : Arbogast of Strasbourg - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
Vita s. Arbogasti, episcopi Argentoratensis in the Repertory of Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages
The reformed village church of St. Arbogast in Muttenz

Individual evidence

↑ MYTHICAL PLACES: The grateful dead . The fortified church of St. Arbogast and its rediscovered pictures , in: Badische Zeitung from August 20, 2014
↑ Albert Knoepfli : The legend of St. Arbogast , in: The Reformed Church of St. Arbogast in Oberwinterthur . GSK , Bern 1984, p. 19, ISBN 3-85782-354-2 (= Swiss Art Guide , Volume 354).

personal data
SURNAME	Arbogast of Strasbourg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Arascach
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Catholic saint, Bishop of Strasbourg
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	unsure: Ireland or the south of France
DATE OF DEATH	at 618
Place of death	uncertain: Strasbourg , France

[1] MYTHICAL PLACES: The grateful dead . The fortified church of St. Arbogast and its rediscovered pictures , in: Badische Zeitung from August 20, 2014

[2] Albert Knoepfli : The legend of St. Arbogast , in: The Reformed Church of St. Arbogast in Oberwinterthur . GSK , Bern 1984, p. 19, ISBN 3-85782-354-2 (= Swiss Art Guide , Volume 354).