Karlsamt
The Karlsamt is a pontifical office held in Frankfurt am Main , which is celebrated annually in honor of Charlemagne on the day of his death and remembrance , January 28th.
In Frankfurt's Imperial Cathedral , once the coronation church of German emperors , the celebration of the Charlemagne Office since 1332 takes place on the last Saturday in January to commemorate the death of Charlemagne.
Components of the Karlsamt are the Karlssequenz , a Latin hymn of praise to the city and the emperor, as well as the also Latin emperor's lauds from the ninth century with calls of homage to Christ and intercessions for the church, pope, bishop, the German people and all rulers. As a rule, a foreign bishop or cardinal is invited to the sermon at the Karlsamt. The homily generally focuses on the idea and memory of a Europe united in Christianity, as Charles strived for with his rule.
Charlemagne was founded in 1165 at the instigation of Friedrich Barbarossa with the approval of the antipope Paschal III. canonized by Rainald von Dassel , Archbishop of Cologne; however, the canonization of Pope Alexander III. not acknowledged. Since 1176, veneration as blessed has been tolerated: it is officially “permitted, not recognized”; therefore Charles is not listed in the Martyrologium Romanum . Consequently, to this day, by decree of the official church , Karl can only be venerated as blessed in Aachen and Osnabrück .
A very similar pontifical mass is held every year on the last Sunday in January as part of the Charles Festival in Aachen .
See also
literature
- August Heuser, Matthias Theodor Kloft (ed.): Charles veneration in Frankfurt am Main. An exhibition of the Dommuseum Frankfurt and the Historisches Museum Frankfurt , Frankfurt 2000, ISBN 3-921606-41-1 .
Remarks
- ^ Charlemagne in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints .
- ↑ Vera Schauber, Hanns Michael Schindler: Saints and Patrons' Names in the Course of the Year (updated new edition), Pattloch, Munich 2001, 41.