Erchanbert
Erchanbert , also Erchambert († 854 ) was the 7th Bishop of Freising from 835/836 to 854.
He came from the Bavarian nobility of the Huosi and was the nephew of his predecessor Hitto von Freising . He probably received his training at the Freising Cathedral Chapter. In 843 he was represented at the Treaty of Verdun . In 844 at the latest, he became abbot of the Kempten monastery . Erchanbert is considered a successful sponsor of the Freising diocese and was later venerated as a blessed .
He was buried in the Peterskapelle on the Freisinger Domberg . Before its demolition during the secularization in Bavaria , his bones were transferred to the Freising Cathedral .
literature
- Theodor Bitterauf: The tradition of the Hochstift Freising. Vol. 1, Munich 1905, pp. 300-367.
- Gertrud Diepolder : Freising traditions and memorial entries in the Salzburg Liber Vitae and in the Reichenau fraternization book . Evaluation of the parallel tradition from the time of the Bishops Hitto and Erchanbert von Freising. In: Journal for Bavarian State History . 58 (1995), pp. 147-190
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hitto |
Bishop of Freising 835 / 836–854 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Erchanbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erchambert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Freising, Abbot of Kempten |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century or 9th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 854 |