Lantpert from Freising

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St. Lantpert on a painting in the Fürstengang Freising
The coat of arms of St. Lantpert in the Fürstengang Freising
Statue of St. Bishop, possibly of St. Lantpert ( Wolfegg Castle )

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.

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predecessor Office successor
tungsten Bishop of Freising
937–957 		Abraham
personal data
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