Corbinian
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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.
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- Gregorianisches singen
- Lebendiger choral
- Die Orgelbauer Leopold und Hieronymus Spiegel aus Fridingen in Prag, Rottenburg und Waldsee
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Key facts
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Chartres
- Place of death
- Freising
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Corbinian polack.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saint Corbinian
- date of death
- 0730-09-08
- canonization status
- saint
- date of birth
- 0675-00-00
- name in native language
- Corbinien de Freising
- place of burial
- Freising Cathedral
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- feast day
- September 8
- subject has role
- bishop
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Life
- Corbinian's bear
- In Catholic iconography
- Gallery
- Notes and references
- Further reading
- External links
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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