Lantpert from Freising
Lantpert von Freising , also Lambert or Lantbert (* around 895 (?) In Ebersberg ; † September 19, 957 in Freising ) was Bishop of Freising since 937 .
Life
Lantpert came from the family of the Counts of Ebersberg . He became Bishop of Freising in 937. The Legend of Lantpert has wrapped in 937 by his prayer the Cathedral of Freising in fog and so from being destroyed by the incident Hungary preserved. Freising received the right to mint under his government. In 952 his participation in an imperial synod in Augsburg is documented. In 955 the battle on the Lechfeld ended with Otto I's victory over the Hungarians, which ended the threat to his diocese. Lantpert is venerated as a saint in Bavaria to this day ; his reliquary , donated in 1973 , is in Freising Cathedral . He is the patron of two parish churches in his diocese, St. Lantpert in Munich-Milbertshofen and St. Lantpert in Freising-Lerchenfeld . His feast day is September 18 .
In art, Lantpert is sometimes depicted with a lamb as an attribute . In his honor there is a bridge figure on the Korbinian Bridge in Freising.
literature
- Joseph A. Fischer, Johannes Fuchs, Adolf W. Zieger (eds.): Lantpert von Freising 937–957. The bishop and saint. Remembrance of the millennium celebration in 1957. Contributions to the old Bavarian church history 21/1, Munich 1959, ISSN 0341-8456 .
- Joseph A. Fischer: The Freising Bishops from 906 to 957. Studies on Old Bavarian Church History, Volume 6. Seitz, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-87744-029-7 , pp. 79–156.
- Lorenz Maier : Lantbert (Lampert). In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 465 ( digitized version ).
- Ekkart Sauser : LANTPERT (Lantbert). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 17, Bautz, Herzberg 2000, ISBN 3-88309-080-8 , Sp. 825-826.
- Manfred Weitlauff : Lantbert. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 621 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- St. Lantpert , Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
- Heiliger Lantpert - Bishop of Freising on the homepage of the parish of St. Lantpert, Freising
predecessor | Office | successor |
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tungsten |
Bishop of Freising 937–957 |
Abraham |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lantpert from Freising |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lambert of Freising |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bishop and saint |
DATE OF BIRTH | at 895 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ebersberg |
DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 957 |
Place of death | Freising |