Beatus of Trier

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St. Mary's Monastery : This is where the bones of Beatus originally lay

Beatus ( lat : the blissful ; * in the 6th or 7th century; † in the 7th century in Trier ) was a Trier priest and proselytized with his brother, St. Bantus (also: Banthus), in the 7th century in the west of the present-day Germany in the area of Hunsrück and Hochwald . Like his brother, he belonged to a group of hermits around the Trier Bishop Magnerich († after 586) who were dedicated to the mission; the 12th century manuscript Gesta Treverorum identifies these hermits as Wulfilacus, Ingobert , Disibod , Wendalinus , Carilelf, Bantus and Beatus.

Little is known for certain about Beatus. Eugen Ewig assumed that Beatus and the other hermits around Magnerich were of Trier- Aquitaine descent. J. Marx called Beatus an Trier Confessor ( Confessor ). Beatus probably lived as a hermit near Trier. Like Bantus, Beatus also counted among the Trier clergy well into old age and was then buried in Trier. According to a report, the remains of Beatus are said to have been lying behind the main altar of the abbey church of the Benedictine monastery of St. Marien (Trier) in 975 . Archbishop Poppo von Babenberg is said to have transferred some of the remains to an older monastery outside of Koblenz . From the monastery the Koblenz Carthusian monastery developed, which was abolished in 1802 under Napoleon. The monks then transferred some bones, including several of the Beatus, to the rectory in Weißhaus .

Like Bantus, Beatus was seen as a role model and soon also as a saint due to his piety and service to the Trier church . According to a report by Abbot Eberwin von Tholey († 1040), fever sufferers in particular are said to have visited the graves of Beatus and Banthus in Trier, where numerous miraculous healings had taken place; the abbot himself was healed there.

Churches of God were consecrated in the Trier and Koblenz areas, for example on the Koblenz Beatusberg (see St. Beatus and Fort Grand Prince Konstantin ) in the Karthaus district . The feast day of Beatus is July 28th .

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  1. ↑ a b c d Ortwin Reich: The Beatusberg. Ancient cult site at the traffic junction between the Rhine and Moselle? In: From Beatusberg to Fort Konstantin. Church, monastery, fortress. www.oreich.de, pp. 6–8 , archived from the original on December 15, 2011 ; accessed on September 26, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Eugen Ewig: The Trier Land in the Merovingian and Carolingian Empire, History of the Trier Land (= series of publications on the Trier regional history and folklore , vol. 10). 1964. See Ortwin Reich: Der Beatusberg. Ancient cult site at the traffic junction between the Rhine and Moselle? In: From Beatusberg to Fort Konstantin. Church, monastery, fortress. www.oreich.de, p. 7 , archived from the original on December 15, 2011 ; accessed on September 26, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Ekkart Sauser:  Beatus and Banthus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 15, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-077-8 , Sp. 103-104.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  4. ↑ Saints. July 28th. Holy Beatus and Holy Banthus. Priest in Trier. at www.bistum-trier.de , accessed September 26, 2017
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SURNAME Beatus of Trier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Trier priest and missionary
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH 7th century
Place of death trier