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Corbinian
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Also known as Korbinian, Saint Corbinian, Saint Korbinian

Saint Corbinian (; ; ; – 8 September ) was a Frankish bishop. After living as a hermit near Chartres for fourteen years, he made a pilgrimage to Rome. Pope Gregory II sent him to Bavaria. His opposition to the marriage of Duke Grimoald of Bavaria to his brother's widow, Biltrudis, caused Corbinian to go into exile for a time. His feast day is 8 September. The commemoration of the translation of his relics is on 20 November.

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Saint.name
Saint Corbinian
Saint.death_date
8 September
Saint.feast_day
8 September
Saint.venerated_in
Roman Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
Saint.image
Corbinian polack.jpg
Saint.imagesize
220px
Saint.caption
Saint Corbinian depicted in The Miracle of the Bear (1489) by Jan Polack, Diocesan Museum in Freising, Germany.
Saint.birth_place
Châtres, Neustria (now France)
Saint.death_place
Freising, Kingdom of the Franks (now Germany)
Saint.titles
Bishop
Saint.attributes
Bear; bishop making a bear carry his luggage because it has eaten his mule; bishop with a bear and mule in the background; bishop with Duke Grimoald of Bavaria at his feet
Saint.patronage
Freising, Germany; archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Germany

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Corbinian polack.jpg
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Saint Corbinian
date of death
0730-09-08
date of birth
0675-00-00
name in native language
Corbinien de Freising
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Saint Corbinian (; ; ; – 8 September ) was a Frankish bishop. After living as a hermit near Chartres for fourteen years, he made a pilgrimage to Rome. Pope Gregory II sent him to Bavaria. His opposition to the marriage of Duke Grimoald of Bavaria to his brother's widow, Biltrudis, caused Corbinian to go into exile for a time. His feast day is 8 September. The commemoration of the translation of his relics is on 20 November.

== Life == thumb|left|Saint Corbinian of Freising and the Bear, by Cosmas Damian Asam,

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