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Altfried

ALTFRIED (ALTFRIED)

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Also known as: German: Altfrid; Latin: Altfridus

ALTFRIED. - Bishop of Hildesheim from 851 until his death on 15 August 874. He was a Benedictine monk of Corvey (near Minden in Westphalia), and worked under Louis the German for the return of peace in the kingdom and in the Carolingian dynasty. Promoting the foundation of several abbeys, with his own means he had built that of the Benedictines at Saleghenstad (perhaps the present-day Osterwieck near Halberstadt) and that of the Benedictine nuns at Essen. In 872 he blessed the new cathedral dedicated to Mary in his episcopal city. His tomb is still to be found in the monastery of Essen.

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BIBL.: Acta SS. Augusti, III, Paris 1867, pp. 210-14; G. Allmang, s. v. in DHG. II, coll. 807-808; W. Hoch, s. v. in LThK, I, coll. 316-17.

Cesario van Hulst

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By Cesario van Hulst

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 931.

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van, Hulst Cesario. “Altfried (Altfried).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 931. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/altfried-altfried.

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van, Hulst Cesario. “Altfried (Altfried).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 931. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/altfried-altfried.

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@incollection{ec1_altfried_altfried,
  author    = {van, Hulst Cesario},
  title     = {Altfried (Altfried)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {931},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/altfried-altfried}
}

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