Sigebald

The Holy Sigebald († probably 741 the monastery of St. Nabor, today Saint-Avold ) was from about 716 until his death Bishop of Metz . His feast day is October 26th . The old high German name Sigebald (sometimes also Sigibald , French Sigebaud ) means the bold winner .

Sigebald became bishop of Metz around 716. Together with St. Pirminius , he founded the Neuweiler ( Neuwiller-lès-Saverne ) monasteries in Alsace and Hornbach . He renewed the Abbey of St. Nabor (Saint-Avold) in Lorraine , where he also died.

To 991 his remains were in the church St. Symphorian at Metz transferred where it 1,107 collected were. Today there are large parts of the relics of St. Sigebald in the cathedral of Metz .

literature

Ekkart Sauser : Sigebald. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 10, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-062-X , Sp. 240. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )

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Individual evidence

↑ Pia Heberer: The Hornbach monastery in the Palatinate. Building history and sacral topography. General Directorate for Cultural Heritage - Rhineland-Palatinate , Mainz 2010, ISBN 978-3-936113-02-0 , p. 19.

predecessor	Office	successor
Felix II	Bishop of Metz 716–741	Chrodegang

personal data
SURNAME	Sigebald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sigibald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Metz
DATE OF BIRTH	7th century or 8th century
DATE OF DEATH	741
Place of death	Saint-Avold

[1] Pia Heberer: The Hornbach monastery in the Palatinate. Building history and sacral topography. General Directorate for Cultural Heritage - Rhineland-Palatinate , Mainz 2010, ISBN 978-3-936113-02-0 , p. 19.