- Rupert of Salzburg
Infobox Saint
name=Rupert of Salzburg
birth_date=660?
death_date=death date|710|3|27|df=y
feast_day=September 24 [ [http://www.sbg.ac.at/pth/links-tipps/past_ein/gok/sept.htm German language regional calendar, September] ] [ [http://www.sbg.ac.at/pth/links-tipps/past_ein/gok/kal.htm German language regional calendar] ]27 March [ [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4668 St. Rupert - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online ] ]
venerated_in=Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy
imagesize=200px
caption=Head of a Gothic style statue of Saint Rupert
birth_place=
death_place=Salzburg ,Austria
titles=Bishop
beatified_date=
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attributes=Holding a container ofsalt
patronage=Salzburg , The State of Salzburg
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suppressed_date=
issues=Rupert of Salzburg (also Ruprecht, Hrodperht, Hrodpreht, Roudbertus, Rudbertus, Robert)cite encyclopedia | author=Ulrich Schmid |title =St. Rupert | encyclopedia =The Catholic Encyclopedia | volume =8 | publisher =Robert Appleton Company | date =1912 | url =http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13229a.htm | accessdate =2007-03-27] (660? [According to
Catholic Encyclopedia , "The assumption of 660 as the year of his birth is very likely legendary."] - 710) is asaint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches and a founder of theAustria n city ofSalzburg . He was a contemporary ofChildebert III , king of the Franks.Life
Tradition states that Rupert was a of the Frankish royal Merovingian family. He was also the uncle of
Saint Erentrude .Rupert was a Frank and bishop of Worms until around 697, at which point he was sent to become a
missionary toRegensburg inBavaria . There, he may have first baptized DukeTheodo of Bavaria , [Catholic Encyclopedia states that "this scene has no historical foundation."] whose permission was necessary for further missionary work, and then baptized a number of the nobles. After such success, Rupert moved on toAltötting and converted the locals. He soon had converted a large area of theDanube . As well as converting the locals, Rupert introducededucation and other reforms. He promoted thesalt mine s ofSalzburg , then the ruined Roman town of Juvavum, and made it his base and renamed the place "Salzburg." He reportedly died on Easter Sunday around 710.Veneration
In the Roman Catholic Church, Rupert's feast day is
27 March . [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4668] . InAustria it is on24 September . [http://www.smart.net/~tak/Patrons/rupert.html]Gallery
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* [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/st_robert.html Lives of Sts. Robert (Rupert) and Erendruda]
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