Guido from Pomposa
Guido von Pomposa (* around 970 in Casamar near Ravenna ; † March 31, 1046 in Borgo San Donnino ) was a saint and abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Pomposa near Ravenna. Feast day is March 31, in the diocese of Speyer the 4. May , the day of the transfer of the relics of Speyer .
Guido was urged to marry by his father. In Rome he then became a cleric and traveled to Ravenna, where he followed the hermit Martinus. After three years he sent him to the Benedictine monastery of Pomposa, where he became abbot himself after the death of the old abbot. Under his aegis, the monastery flourished and became one of the most important in northern Italy. The number of monks quickly doubled.
Guido wanted to retire to the hermitage towards the end of his life, Emperor Heinrich III. however, called him to Piacenza . Guido was reluctant to leave Pomposa. He traveled via Parma to Borgo San Donnino, where he died on March 31, 1046 on the second day after his arrival. First his body was brought to Parma, Emperor Heinrich III. transferred him on May 4th 1047 to Speyer, where a canon monastery named after him was built over his grave. Some of his relics are now in the Speyer Cathedral , in the monastery of St. Magdalena there and, since 2000, in Pomposa itself again.
literature
- Ekkart Sauser : Guido von Pomposa. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 634-636.
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| SURNAME | Guido from Pomposa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Benedictine |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Casamar near Ravenna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1046 |
| Place of death | Borgo San Donnino |