Rathold von Aibling

Representation of the Ratholdus on the north wall of the former Prantshausen Castle

St. Georgenberg from the south

Rathold of trout was probably around 900 n. Chr. As a scion of the Unterinntal wealthy Rapotonen born. The freezing Sedlhof Prantshausen (later Prantshausen Castle ) in Bad Aibling , already mentioned in a document in 800, is assumed to be the place of birth .

According to legend, Rathold retired as a hermit in the first half of the 10th century in a cave opposite today's Georgenberg (near Stans in Tyrol's Lower Inn Valley) after he is said to have made pilgrimages to Rome and Santiago de Compostela . Companions seem to have soon followed him.

The community was elevated to a Benedictine abbey by Bishop Reginbert von Brixen at the latest in 1138 . The first abbot (1138–1174) was Eberhard from the von Aibling family .

In the Middle Ages, St. Georgenberg was the most important pilgrimage site in Tyrol. Even from Aibling, pilgrimages to the monastery take place to this day, which is located on a rocky knoll above the confluence of the Georgenbach in the Stanser Bach ( emerging from the Stallenbach ) . From Stans it can be reached via the picturesque Wolfsklamm.

Rathold, in various sources also as Ratold, Rapoto III. or Ratolf III. named, died in the second half of the 10th century on the Georgenberg, according to some sources in 954. He was beatified . His festival is on December 16th.

literature

Chronicle of St. Georgenberg, printed around 1480, probably by A. Sorg in Augsburg. This first printed work, which has the topic of Tyrol, describes all the relics (of 132 saints) that were in the monastery at that time, and is therefore also called "Heiltumverzeichnis" or "Heiltumbuch", but also contains legendary descriptions.
P. Thomas Naupp OSB u. a .: Festschrift 850 Years Benedictine Abbey St. Georgenberg-Fiecht . EOS Klosterverlag, Archabbey of St. Ottilien, 1987. 580 pages, 64 illustrations, ISBN 3-88096-631-1
P. Thomas: Article. In: Germania Benedictina Vol III-1 EOS Klosterverlag, Archabbey St. Ottilien, 2000, ISBN 3-8306-7029-X . 844 p., 1 color illustration
Ekkart Sauser : Rathold von Aibling. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 1398-1399. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Individual evidence

↑ St. George is the church patron of Aibling. Rathold himself is said to have built a first little church consecrated to the saint on the top of the rock and, a few meters away, created the basis for the veneration of Mary on the mountain through a portrait of the Virgin acquired in Santiago de Compostela . Festschrift p. 13.

^ Papal confirmation by Innocent II of April 30, 1138

↑ Festschrift p. 13ff; see also the abbey website

↑ Wolfsklamm on Commons

↑ Festschrift p. 45; P. 28: Even the founding of a hermitage by Rathold can be seen as legendary. The oldest source still available is the chronicle printed around 1480.

personal data
SURNAME	Rathold von Aibling
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ratholdus; Ratold; Rapoto III .; Ratolf III.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	hermit
DATE OF BIRTH	around 900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bad Aibling
DATE OF DEATH	around 954
Place of death	St. Georgenberg

[1] St. George is the church patron of Aibling. Rathold himself is said to have built a first little church consecrated to the saint on the top of the rock and, a few meters away, created the basis for the veneration of Mary on the mountain through a portrait of the Virgin acquired in Santiago de Compostela . Festschrift p. 13.

[2] Papal confirmation by Innocent II of April 30, 1138

[3] Festschrift p. 13ff; see also the abbey website

[4] Wolfsklamm on Commons

[5] Festschrift p. 45; P. 28: Even the founding of a hermitage by Rathold can be seen as legendary. The oldest source still available is the chronicle printed around 1480.