Reginbald II of Dillingen

The Speyer cathedral provost brings Abbot Reginbald the call to bishop, from "Bavaria Sancta et Pia", 1615

The Speyer delegation brings the news of his election as bishop to Abbot Reginbald; Engraving from "Bavaria Sancta" by Magnus Jocham , 1861

The alleged coffin lid of Bishop Reginbald in the Speyer Cathedral.

Reginbald II of Dillingen , also Reginbald von Speyer († October 13, 1039 in Speyer ) was the 27th Bishop of Speyer from 1033 to 1039 . He is venerated as a blessed .

Life

Time as dept

Reginbald II of Dillingen , also Regimbald , Benedictine from the St. Gallen monastery , was before his time as Speyer bishop abbot of St. Ulrich and Afra monastery Augsburg (around 1012-1015), then of Ebersberg monastery , which he obtained from a canon in converted to a Benedictine monastery, and finally the imperial abbey of St. Nazarius in Lorsch (1018-1032). From Lorsch, Reginbald founded the Heiligenberg Abbey , also called Michaelskloster, near Heidelberg . In 1023 he was with nine other abbots at the Mainz Provincial Synod under Archbishop Aribo in Seligenstadt , and in 1027 he took part in the Synod of Frankfurt.

Bishop of Speyer - Dombau

Emperor Konrad II appointed the monk to be Bishop of Speyer in 1032.

Bishop Reginbald and Gumbert, Abbot of Limburg were the main builders on the 2nd Speyer Cathedral. Both came from the school of St. Gallen, where the knowledge of architecture, geometry and arithmetic was particularly taught. The stylistic clarity and the sublime monumentality of the building are certainly due to these two students from St. Gallen.

The shepherd donated a valuable chandelier made of gilded copper with an inscription of self-composed verses to the already completed main choir of the Mariendome. The Speyer chronicler, cathedral vicar Wolfgang Bauer († 1516) said he saw the chandelier of Blessed Reginbald in the Speyer cathedral and passed on to us the inscription composed by the bishop, the Philipp Simonis († 1587), in “Historical description of all bishops Speier ”translated into German. While the 1st stanza is a general description of the heavenly majesty of God, the 2nd part represents a dedication to Mary, the patron saint, and Bishop Reginbald also calls himself in it:

“ Virgo, the mother of God, the world's glory, life and hope, noble bud of purity, sprouted from the royal line! You gave birth to the king of all kings in the fullness of times, you carried the eternal word in your virgin bosom! I dedicate this work to you, Reginbald, poor bishop, for the wretched burden of my sins. No, I do not offer you as much as I owe you. So small the gift, look at me in the chamber of your heart. It would be much more what my will would like to give you as a present! So now be gracious to me, God the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit! May he give me insight and constant goodwill! "

- Bishop Reginbald's dedication, around 1035

In 1033 he took part in the consecration of the rebuilt St. Peter's Church in Weissenburg , and in 1035 in the consecration of the altars in the Limburg monastery . There he can also be found in 1038 among the synodals who discussed the calendar start of the Advent season. In Weissenburg, a similar wheel chandelier was hung in the newly consecrated church as in Speyer, a copy of which still exists today. It was so famous that Weissenburg was also referred to as "Kronweissenburg" after this crown-like chandelier until the 19th century. It is possible that the bishop had received the suggestion for the foundation of the Speyer chandelier there.

Bishop Reginbald had consecrated the already completed crypt and on July 3rd 1039 buried the cathedral founder, Emperor Konrad II , who died in Utrecht on June 4th, in the not yet completed cathedral. The emperor's grave was given a place of honor at the end of the aisle, in the nave, directly in front of the crypt, as it was due to the founder of the cathedral. Bishop Reginbald died shortly afterwards, in October 1039, and was given the second place of honor in the center aisle, directly in front of the emperor's coffin. He was venerated as the blessed Bishop Reginbald von Speyer, and his grave was a popular pilgrimage site. The stone coffin lid that is now attached to the wall on the side of the entrance to the baptistery is very likely that of Bishop Reginbald.

Adoration

He is considered pious and learned, died in the reputation of holiness and was especially praised for his charity for the poor. Reginbald's admiration was unbroken, at least until the Reformation. Later he was somewhat forgotten. Nevertheless, Magnus Jocham devoted a large chapter to him in his Bavaria Sancta in the 19th century, in which he describes the most famous Bavarian and Palatinate saints. Because of his veneration as a blessed, Reginbald von Dillingen is also represented in the hagiographic area; either in episcopal robes, as he brings a chandelier to the Marien Altar (in Speyer Cathedral), or sometimes as an abbot who receives the certificate of his appointment as bishop in front of the monastery gate.

His feast day is October 13th.

The bronze portal of the Afra Chapel at Speyer Cathedral has been dedicated to the Blessed Reginbald since 1970 . It has the Latin motto (German translation):

“ Augsburg sent the abbot of Sankt Afra to Speyer to rule the diocese: it was Reginbald; he saw this cathedral grow up in its sublime beginnings. - Let his ashes rest in holy peace! "

- Speyer Cathedral, inscription on the portal of the Afra Chapel

See also

• History of the city of Speyer

literature

• Hans Ammerich : The Diocese of Speyer and its history , Volume 1: From the beginnings to the end of the Salier period (1125) ; Kehl am Rhein 1998; ISBN 3-927095-36-2 . P. 20.
• HJ Berthes: The saints in their walk before God, with special consideration of the Rhenish dioceses , Mainz, Verlag Wirth u. Sohn, 1853, Volume 2, Page 641
• Valentin Alois Franz Falk: History of the former Lorsch Monastery on Bergstrasse . Mainz 1866, p. 58ff. ( Digitized version )
• Georg Gresser:  Reginbald (Reginbold) II. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 263 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Johannes Emil Gugumus : Reginbald, Abbot of St. Afra and Ebersberg, Bishop of Speyer 1033-1039 . In: Friedrich Knöpp (Ed.), The Reichsabtei Lorsch. Festschrift in memory of their foundation 764 , Volume 1, Darmstadt 1973, pp. 325–334
• Ludwig Stamer : Church history of the Palatinate , Volume 1, Speyer, 1936
• Sigmund Joseph Zimmer : Article Speyer ; in: Wetzer and Welte's Church Lexicon or Encyclopedia of Catholic Theology and its auxiliary sciences , Volume 11; Freiburg: Herder'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1882–1903;

Web links

Commons : Reginbald II. Von Dillingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Magnus Jocham , Bavaria Sancta: Chapter about Reginbald von Dillingen

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