Heinrich of Bozen
The Blessed Henry of Bolzano (* around 1250 in Bolzano ; † 10. June 1315 in Treviso ) is the patron saint of Bolzano.
Life
Heinrich was a pious, ascetic worker who earned the benevolence of the people of Treviso for his poverty. Heinrich probably came to the Treviso area with his family after a pilgrimage from Bolzano to Rome and stayed there until his death. As miracles are said to have occurred during his funeral and later, Heinrich von Bozen was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in 1750 .
Relics of Blessed Heinrich were transferred to Bolzano in a solemn translation in 1759 and deposited in a side chapel of the Bolzano parish church , which no longer exists today . The overpass and its elaborate processional order were recorded in an oil painting by Josef Anton Cuseth exhibited today in the Bolzano Cathedral Treasury .
In 1868/69 a church was built in his honor at Heinrichshof in Bozen-Dorf in a neo-Romanesque style. It does not appear when he was named patron of the city of Bolzano. In a painting from 1802 he is clearly shown as such. He is also considered the patron saint of lumberjacks .
The novel Heinrich von Bozen was published in 1936 . Life and death of a poor German by the Tyrolean writer Fanny Wibmer-Pedit .
Selig-Heinrich-Strasse in Bozen is named after him.
literature
- Bruno Mahlknecht : Bozen through the centuries . tape 1 . Athesia Spectrum, Bozen 2005, ISBN 978-88-6011-020-6 , The blessed Heinrich of Bozen, Bolzano city patron, p. 49-62 .
- Ekkart Sauser : Heinrich von Bozen. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 1080-1082.
- Georg Gresser : Heinrich von Bozen , in: Lexicon for Theology and Church 4, Sp. 1372-1373.
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| SURNAME | Heinrich of Bozen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Blessed, patron of the city |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1250 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bolzano |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1315 |
| Place of death | Treviso |