Remaclus

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Remaclus (* around 600; † 673 or 679) was Abbot Bishop and saint of the Catholic Church (day: September 3rd).

Statue of Saint Remaclus in Malmedy
St. Remaclus in the parish church of Waldorf consecrated to him

Life

Remaclus was a monk in Luxeuil when Eligius appointed him abbot of the Solignac monastery in 632 . After King Sigibert III. Having granted the right to found an abbey, Remaclus even built two, namely the monasteries of Stablo and Malmedy . The monasteries formed the Imperial Abbey of Stablo-Malmedy . However, they were assigned to different dioceses (Stablo to the diocese of Liège and Malmedy to the archdiocese of Cologne ), which led to a longer coexistence in discord.

Remaclus was buried in Stablo and is represented in the local coat of arms. A medallion from the Remaklus retable is in the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin .

Legends and Adoration

As a mission bishop in the Ardennes , Remaclus is said to have been accompanied by a wolf . This animal is said to have been able to drive away the devil who wanted to destroy the newly built churches . The holy man is said to have discovered springs with his staff , which were considered medicinal water . Another version of the legend tells that the monks sought protection from the wolf packs at Remaclus. Thereupon Remaclus admonished and encouraged them to do their duty; then they were spared from the wolves.

His feast day is September 3rd, the peasant rule is: "If it rains on this day, that is a good sign, because then as much grain sprouts from the earth as raindrops fall on the field". In the representation as a bishop his attributes are a lying wolf on the right side of the foot and on his right arm he holds church buildings as an indication that he initiated the construction of churches. He is the patron saint of the Ardennes, against sterility of women and against crop pests.

Churches named after the saint include a. in: Cochem-Cond , Oberwampach , Uersfeld ( Eifel ). and Waldorf in the Vinxtbachtal .

literature

Web links

Commons : Saint Remaclus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "The archaeologists of the Walloon Region are convinced that the sarcophagus discovered during excavations in Stavelot is the sarcophagus of the founder of the Abbeys of Stavelot and Malmedy." Stavelot: Sarcophagus of St. Remaclus possibly discovered [1] (29. May 2015, Headlines, Knowledge), accessed October 24, 2015
  2. ↑ Ludwig Bechstein : German book of legends: Sankt Remaclus Fuß zu Spa at Zeno.org .
  3. ↑ Remaclus von Stablo in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
  4. ↑ St. Remaclus. In: Ulrike Müller-Kaspar: The great handbook of superstition, from eel to cypress. tosa in Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 2007, p. 579.
  5. ↑ Parish Church of St. Remaclus, Cochem
  6. ↑ Parish Church of St. Remaclus, Uersfeld
predecessor Office successor
Amandus Bishop of Maastricht
652–662 		Theodard
--- Abbot of Malmedy and Stablo
637–652 		Papolin I.
personal data
SURNAME Remaclus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rimagilus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop, abbot, saint
DATE OF BIRTH around 600
DATE OF DEATH 673 or 679