Conrad of Bavaria
Konrad von Bayern (* around 1105 on the Ravensburg ; † March 17, 1154 in Modugno ) was the son of the Bavarian Duke Heinrich the Black and Cistercian . He is the namesake and patron saint of Molfetta Cathedral .
In 1147 he became a monk in his monastery under the influence of Bernhard von Clairvaux . In 1151 he went to the Holy Land to live as a hermit, but was recalled to Europe in 1153 because of Bernhard's illness. In Puglia he stayed at the Modugno monastery, where he died. His relics are kept in Molfetta, the local cult was established on April 7, 1832 by his beatification by Pope Gregory XVI. approved. In the order his feast is celebrated on February 9th .
literature
- Walter Troxler: Konrad of Bavaria. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 384-385.
- P. Adolf Dietrich: Blessed Conrad of Bavaria. In: Cistercienser-Chronik XXVI 1914, pp. 33–41, 68–78, 104–109
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bavaria, Konrad von. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. (The website Florida International University , English), accessed on July 22, 2016. (English), date of the beatification in paragraph Beatification
- ↑ Entry No. 6 for March 17th in the Florilegium Martyrologii Romani of the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
- ^ Directory of the Cistercian Order
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| SURNAME | Conrad of Bavaria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Son of the Bavarian Duke Henry the Black and Cistercian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1105 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ravensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1154 |
| Place of death | Modugno |