| Rupert of Salzburg | |
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 Head of a Gothic style statue of Saint Rupert |
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| Born | 660?, |
| Died | 27 March 710, Salzburg, Austria |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism |
| Feast | 27 March |
| Attributes | Holding a container of salt |
| Patronage | Salzburg, The State of Salzburg |
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Rupert of Salzburg (also Ruprecht, Hrodperht, Hrodpreht, Roudbertus, Rudbertus, Robert)[1] (660?[2] - 710) is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and a founder of the Austrian city of Salzburg. He was a contemporary of Childebert III, king of the Franks.[1]
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Life
Tradition states that Rupert was a scion of the Frankish royal Merovingian family.[1] Rupert was a Frank and bishop of Worms until around 697, at which point he was sent to become a missionary to Regensburg in Bavaria. There, he may have first baptized Duke Theodo of Bavaria,[3] whose permission was necessary for further missionary work, and then baptized a number of the nobles. After such success, Rupert moved on to Altötting and converted the locals. He soon had converted a large area of the Danube. As well as converting the locals, Rupert introduced education and other reforms. He promoted the salt mines of Salzburg, then a ruined Roman town of Juvavum, and made it his base and renamed the place "Salzburg." He reportedly died on Easter Sunday around 710.
Veneration
In the Roman Catholic Church, Rupert's feast day is March 27.
Gallery
 An Austrian stamp of 1948 depicting a statue of Saint Rupert |
 Detail of a medal produced by the Archbishopric of Salzburg in 1772 of Saint Rupert |
 Saint Rupert depicted wearing a miter, typical of a bishop |
 Saint Rupert, as founder of a church ("ecclesiae fundator") |
 Silver 25 Pfennig coin depicting Saint Rubertus in typical iconographical style, from 1918, the City of Laufen, minted as Notgeld |
 50 Pfennig from the same series |
Source
References and notes
- ^ a b c Ulrich Schmid (1912). "St. Rupert". The Catholic Encyclopedia 8. Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ According to Catholic Encyclopedia, "The assumption of 660 as the year of his birth is very likely legendary."
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia states that "this scene has no historical foundation."
