Eberhard I (archbishop of Salzburg)
Eberhard was Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria.
Saint Eberhard | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Salzburg | |
| Born | Nuremberg, Germany |
| Died | 1164 Rein Abbey, Gratwein, Styria, Austria |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 22 June |
Eberhard was born to a noble family of Nuremberg, Germany; he became a Benedictine in 1125 at Pruffening, Germany. Later he was made Abbot of Biburg near Regensburg. In 1146 Pope Innocent II appointed him Archbishop of Salzburg.[1]
He rose to fame as a mediator when Pope Alexander III was faced with the “Investiture Controversy”, led by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and antipope Victor IV. Eberhard was one of the most able and most holy of the prelates of his age.[1] He died in 1164, at the age of seventy-nine, returning from another peace keeping mission.[2]
Notes
- Monks of Ramsgate. "Eberhard". Book of Saints 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 21 November 2012
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