Gaubald

Gaubald , also Gawibald , Geupald or Gaibald (* around 700; † December 23, 761 ) was the first bishop of the diocese of Regensburg . He is venerated as a blessed .

He was consecrated bishop in 739 by Boniface in Regensburg . With him the official count of the Regensburg bishopric begins , before him wandering bishops were active in the region. Within his diocese, Gaubald was also subordinate to the Benedictine monastery of Sankt Emmeram as "owner" , in whose crypt he had the remains of Emmeram buried around 740 . According to tradition, Gaubald died on December 23, 761 and is buried at the entrance to the Ramwold crypt at St. Emeram .

literature

• Albert Lehner: Sacerdos = bishop. Clerical hierarchy in the Emmeram's vita . Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-86583-183-5 .
• Ekkart Sauser :  Gaubald. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 17, Bautz, Herzberg 2000, ISBN 3-88309-080-8 , Sp. 444.

predecessor	Office	successor
-	Bishop of Regensburg 739–761	Sigerich