Bernhard II (Baden)

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Bernhard II of Baden on the altar of the town church of Babenhausen (Hesse)
Bernhard II of Baden, fountain figure in honor of the patronage of the Archdiocese of Freiburg in the Freiburg Minster
Figure in the collegiate church in Baden-Baden

Bernhard II of Baden (* 1428/1429 in Baden-Baden ; † July 15, 1458 in Moncalieri near Turin / Italy ) was the second son of Margrave Jacob I of Baden and his wife Catherine of Lorraine . He was born in Baden-Baden 's Hohenbaden Castle at the end of the 1920s . His exact date of birth is unknown. He is a blessed of the Roman Catholic Church (Remembrance Day: July 15).

Life

Bernhard II von Baden grew up in a religious family. For example, his father initiated the construction of the Fremersberg monastery and the further expansion of the Baden-Baden collegiate church .

Bernhard II received a careful upbringing that should prepare him for his later role as sovereign. In the northern margraviate he was to take on various offices and also become margrave in Pforzheim , Eberstein and Besigheim .

The margrave's house was related by marriage to the Habsburg imperial family through Bernhard II's older brother, Charles I. Karl I had Catherine of Austria , a sister of Emperor Friedrich III. , got married. This circumstance should also lead him to the court of the emperor. But first he helped his uncle René von Anjou in armed conflicts in northern Italy. According to contemporary sources, he fought skilfully and bravely there. After his father's death in 1453, he returned to Baden, where he agreed with his brother to renounce his own rule, "umb our and the name, tribe and principalities of the marginal society Baden grow, renew and benefit". Subsequently, despite his young age, he became the personal envoy of Frederick III.

Bernhard II recognized a number of grievances of his time and tried to alleviate hardship and poverty in an exemplary manner by leaving most of his income to the needy. In addition, he stood out for his pronounced piety. He impressed his contemporaries with it while he was still alive.

Under the impression of the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, the Habsburg imperial family planned a crusade against the expanding Ottoman Empire . Bernhard II was sent to the European royal houses to promote this project. He died of the plague on July 15, 1458 during his journey in Moncalieri, northern Italy .

Adoration

High altar in the town church of Babenhausen (Hesse) , donated by Sibylle von Baden. On the outside left wing: Bernhard von Baden

His grave in the Church of St. Mary in Moncalieri quickly became a place of pilgrimage for devout Christians. As many miraculous healings allegedly took place at his grave in the collegiate church in Moncalieri, Bernhard II was beatified in 1769 . On this occasion, Margrave August Georg Simpert placed the order for the construction of the Bernhardus Fountain in Rastatt . The canonization as the next step was probably too expensive for the margrave.

After his beatification, the Catholic Margraviate of Baden-Baden made him patron saint and celebrated this event on July 24, 1770; the Archdiocese of Freiburg still venerates him today as a patron saint .

His great niece, Sibylle von Baden , married to Count Philipp III. von Hanau-Lichtenberg , donated a high altar in the church of St. Nikolaus in Babenhausen (Hesse) on which he is depicted on the inside of the left wing.

He is depicted on Clausen's coat of arms .

As "Bernardo" he is very much admired by many people in the region around Moncalieri . Moncalieri, the twin town of Baden-Baden, honors its patron saint every year with the “Festa die Beato Bernardo”.

Beatification / Canonization

Bernhard von Baden has been a blessed member of the Roman Catholic Church since 1769 (memorial day: July 15).

Efforts are being made towards a canonization. The application was discussed in the Catholic public from June 17, 2011, after Archbishop Robert Zollitsch started a public appeal on May 16, 2011 via the official gazette of the Archdiocese. Up to November 2012, documents about the life of Bernhard were created, which were then examined by the Congregation for Canonization in the Vatican and submitted to the Pope for decision. On 8 November 2017 Pope recognized him Francis the heroic virtues to as essential for canonization. A miracle attributed to him was not recognized by the Vatican. The canonization process initiated by the Archdiocese was therefore stopped in 2018.

Patronage

Under the patronage of the blessed Bernhard von Baden stand u. a. the following churches:

literature

Web links

Commons : Bernhard II. (Baden)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Informative web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volker Hasenauer: Ritter und pious diplomat , Konradsblatt of January 23, 2011, pp. 20-23
  2. ^ A b Rika Wettstein: Baden-Baden - The Ultimate City Guide - Margrave Bernhard von Baden , 2001, accessed on January 30, 2011
  3. ↑ Dieter Waldraff: Bernhard von Baden , Archdiocese of Freiburg , accessed on July 17, 2018
  4. ↑ Public appeal via the Official Journal. Canonization of Blessed Bernhard von Baden. (PDF; 1.18 MB) In: 14th Official Gazette of the Archdiocese of Freiburg. Archdiocese of Freiburg , June 17, 2011, p. 78 , accessed on November 24, 2017 .
  5. ^ An important step towards the canonization of Bernhard von Baden. ( Memento of December 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) pius.info, November 17, 2012, accessed on December 15, 2013
  6. ^ Promulgazione di Decreti della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 9, 2017, accessed November 9, 2017 (Italian).
  7. ↑ Catholic.de of July 13, 2018: Canonization of Bernhard von Baden stopped for the time being .
  8. ^ Church of St. Bernhard
personal data
SURNAME Bernhard II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blessed Bernhard of Baden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Margrave of Baden
DATE OF BIRTH 1428 or 1429
PLACE OF BIRTH Baden-Baden
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1458
Place of death Moncalieri , Italy