Gamelbert
Blessed Gamelbert was a Catholic clergyman who worked in the area of today's Deggendorf district in the 8th century . His name day is celebrated on January 17th .
life and work
Gamelbert came from a noble family and was the landlord in Michaelsbuch . In the middle of the 8th century, he acquired Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, on the opposite bank of the Danube between Mariaposching and Deggendorf . a piece of forest for which he had to pay a tax called "Medema", from which the name "Metten" for this place and the monastery was derived. The first abbot of the monastery was his godchild Utto , who directed the construction of the monastery from his hermitage (today's Uttobrunn ). When twelve monks from Reichenau monastery came to the monastery in 766 , around 300 people are said to have already lived there.
Gamelbert is depicted in art as a secular priest or as a pilgrim surrounded by birds.
Grave finds from Uttenkofen , which is near Michaelsbuch, were dated to the late 7th or early 8th century and are associated with the "founding family" of the Metten monastery.
literature
- H. Becker, Gamelbertus von Michaelsbuch , in: Contributions to the history of the Diocese of Regensburg 5 (1971) 7–21.
- Wilhelm Fink, Der blessed Gamelbert , in: Twelve Hundred Years of the Diocese of Regensburg, Regensburg 1939, 223f.
- Bernhard Ponschab, The blessed Utto and Gamelbert. The story of their worship and their life , Regensburg 1910.
- Friedrich Prinz, The Beginnings of the Benedictine Abbey Metten , in: Journal for Bavarian State History 25 (1962) 20–32.
Web links
- Representations of Gamelbert in the portrait index of the early modern period
- Gamelbert and Utto at haben.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gamelbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gamelbertus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 8th century or 9th century |