Eusebius of Rankweil

Eusebius von Rankweil or Eusebius vom Viktorsberg (* early 9th century in Ireland ; † January 31, 884 in Viktorsberg ) was an Irish monk and hermit whose relics are venerated in St. Gallen .

Life

Eusebius came as an Irish pilgrim to St. Gallen, where he entered the monastery there. He later retired and lived for 30 years as a hermit on the Vogelsberg - now called Viktorsberg - near Rankweil . In doing so, he is said to have reached such perfection that he was given visionary and prophetic gifts.

In the case of the chronicler Ratpert von St. Gallen there is a reference that Eusebius had urged Charles the Fat to transfer the Vogelsberg to the monastery of St. Gallen, this is also documented. In Ekkehard IV of St. Gallen († after 1057) there is also a note according to which Eusebius prophesied to the mother of Iso of St. Gallen before his birth that her son would become a famous teacher as a monk of the St. Gallen monastery.

The Jesuit Daniel Feldner from Constance reported in 1640 the legend that Eusebius reprimanded a working villager on a Sunday and that he quickly cut off his head with a sickle. Eusebius took his head in his hands and went back to his hermitage on the Viktorsberg, where he was henceforth worshiped by the local population.

effect

The relics of Eusebius were to St. Gallen in 1786 translocated where they have since found their resting place.

The parish church in Brederis , a district of Rankweil, built in 1959 , is under the patronage of Eusebius.

literature

Ekkart Sauser: Eusebius v. Viktorsberg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 471-471.

Web links

Eusebius von Rankweil in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints , accessed on August 13, 2015

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Jan Marco Sawilla: Antiquarianism, Hagiography and History in the 17th Century. Walter de Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 978-3-484-36631-2 , p. 151 ff.

personal data
SURNAME	Eusebius of Rankweil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Eusebius from Viktorsberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Benedictine monk, hermit
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ireland
DATE OF DEATH	January 31, 884
Place of death	Viktorsberg

[Sawilla-1] Jan Marco Sawilla: Antiquarianism, Hagiography and History in the 17th Century. Walter de Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 978-3-484-36631-2 , p. 151 ff.