Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Saints & hagiography Saints

Cunibert, Saint

CUNIBERTO, SANTO

Feast day: 12 November

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Also known as: German: Kunibert, Kunibert von Köln; Cunibert of Cologne; Italian: Cuniberto di Colonia; Latin: Cunibertus

CUNIBERT, Saint. - Bishop of Cologne, born of a noble Frankish family in the Moselle region toward the end of the 6th century, died at Cologne on 12 November 663. Educated at Trier, he became archdeacon there and around 623 was made bishop of Cologne. He took part in various Frankish synods, was a counselor of Dagobert I, king of Austrasia, founded monasteries and concerned himself with the missions in Frisia (Holland). He was buried in the church of St. Clement which he had built, later dedicated to his name. His feast is on 11 November; the Roman Martyrology commemorates him on 12 November.

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BIBL.: A contemporary life is lacking. Various later Lives are listed by M. Coens, Les vies de st Cunibert de Cologne et la tradition manuscrite, in Anal. Bollandiana, 47 (1929), pp. 338-367; and in BHL, I, nos. 2014-18; J. Kleinermanns, Die Heiligen auf dem bischöflichen Stuhl von Köln, I, Cologne 1896, pp. 43-58. Livario Oliger

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1057.

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Oliger, Livario. “Cuniberto, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1057. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/cuniberto-santo.

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Oliger, Livario. “Cuniberto, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1057. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cuniberto-santo.

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@incollection{ec4_cuniberto_santo,
  author    = {Oliger, Livario},
  title     = {Cuniberto, santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1057},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cuniberto-santo}
}

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