Blessed Gamelbert
Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch (born c. 720 AD in Bavaria, Germany; died January 17, c. 800 AD in Michaelsbuch, Bavaria, Germany) was an 8th-century Bavarian Catholic priest who served as a parish priest at Michaelsbuch in Lower Bavaria and founded a small monastic community there. He is venerated as a local blessed in the Bavarian Catholic tradition with a feast day of January 17.
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| Blessed Gamelbert | |
|---|---|
| Feast Day | January 17 |
| Profession | Bavarian Catholic priest; parish priest at Michaelsbuch, Lower Bavaria; founder of a small monastic community; 8th century Carolingian Bavaria; Diocese of Regensburg; died c. January 17 800 AD |
| Rel. Affiliation | Catholic Church; Diocese of Regensburg; Bavarian Catholic tradition; Carolingian church; early medieval Bavarian Christianity |
| Patronage | Michaelsbuch; Lower Bavaria; parish priests; the Diocese of Regensburg; Bavarian Catholic heritage; Carolingian Christian mission |
| Attributes | Priest's vestments; January 17 feast; Bavarian landscape; Carolingian church; Michaelsbuch stream; cross; chalice |
| Birthplace | Bavaria, Germany |
| Death Place | Michaelsbuch, Bavaria, Germany |
| Cause of Death | Natural death; died c. January 17, 800 AD, in Michaelsbuch, Bavaria; Blessed Gamelbert was an 8th-century Bavarian priest who served as a parish priest at Michaelsbuch (a place whose name means "Michael's stream") in Lower Bavaria; he lived as a devout priest during the period of Charlemagne's consolidation of the Frankish Christian Empire; he founded a small monastic or canonical community at Michaelsbuch; he is venerated in local Bavarian Catholic tradition with a feast day of January 17; his name "Gamelbert" is of Germanic origin (from the Germanic elements "gamal" [old] + "beraht" [bright]) |
| Primary Shrine | Michaelsbuch, Lower Bavaria, Germany; January 17 feast |
| Liturgical Class | Not in universal Roman calendar; January 17 feast in Michaelsbuch and in the Diocese of Regensburg, Bavaria |
| Historic Class | Not in 1962 calendar |
Biography
Gamelbert was an 8th-century Bavarian Catholic priest who served as pastor at Michaelsbuch in Lower Bavaria, in the Diocese of Regensburg. He founded a small monastic or canonical community there.
He lived during the period of Charlemagne's empire and the consolidation of the Catholic Church in Bavaria following the Bonifatian mission of the 730s-740s.
He died c. January 17, 800 AD, in Michaelsbuch.
He is venerated as a local blessed in the Bavarian Catholic tradition. His feast day is January 17.
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Birth location: Bavaria, Germany
Death location: Michaelsbuch, Bavaria, Germany
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Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch (died c. January 17, 800 AD) was an 8th-century Bavarian priest who served as pastor at Michaelsbuch in Lower Bavaria, founded a small monastic community there, and is venerated locally in the Diocese of Regensburg. Feast January 17.
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