Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Saints & hagiography Saints

Dagobert II, Saint, Martyr

DAGOBERTO II, SANTO, MARTIRE

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DAGOBERT II, Saint, Martyr. - Martyr, king of the Franks of Austrasia, son of Sigebert III and grandson of Dagobert I. On the death of his father (656), he was tonsured by Grimoald and exiled to an Irish monastery. After the death of Childeric II (675), the Austrasians recalled him to his homeland and Wilfrid of York brought him back there (675). Fought by Theuderic III of Neustria and his mayor of the palace Ebroin, he was killed during a hunt in the forest of Woëvre (679). Buried at Stenay in Lorraine, he was honored as a martyr and saint. In 1591 the Huguenots destroyed his tomb. Feast on 23 December.

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BIBL.: G. Heuschen, De tribus Dagobertis Francorum regibus diatriba, Antwerp 1665; P. E. Martin, Etudes critiques sur la Suisse, Geneva 1910, pp. 236 ff. and 271 ff.; F. Lot, Histoire du moyen-âge, I, Paris 1928, pp. 282 ff. and 286 ff.; see also MHG, Scriptores rer. Merov., II, p. 511 ff.; VII, pp. 474 ff. and 494 ff.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1111.

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Daniele, Ireneo. “Dagoberto II, santo, martire.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1111. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/dagoberto-ii-santo-martire.

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Daniele, Ireneo. “Dagoberto II, santo, martire.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1111. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/dagoberto-ii-santo-martire.

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  title     = {Dagoberto II, santo, martire},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1111},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
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