Also known as
- Korbinian
- Waldegiso
- 8 September
- 20 November (translation of relics)
Profile
Son of Waldegiso, who may have died when Corbinian was an infant. Nothing else is known of his youth. Hermit for fourteen years in a cell near the church of Saint-Germain in Châtres, France. His reputation for holiness, as a miracle worker, and as a spiritual director soon spread. Students were attracted to him, and he formed a community for them, but directing them took him away from his life of prayer. He wanted to return to the live of a hermit, and since he had a personal devotion to Saint Peter the Apostle, he moved to Rome, Italy. There he asked for the blessing of Pope Saint Gregory II. Gregory realized that Corbinian should not hide his talents, and ordained him as a missionary bishop to Bavaria (in modern Germany) where he would be supported by Duke Grimoald. He established his base in Freising, and made many converts throughout the region. Spiritual teacher of Saint Arbeo of Freising. When Corbinian denounced the incestuous marriage of Duke Grimoald to Biltrudis, the nobility turned against him, and Biltrudis even conspired to have him killed. Corbinian fled to Meran, Italy until Grimoald was killed in battle and Biltrudis carried off by the Franks; he then returned to Bavaria and resumed the mission that occupied the rest of his life.
Born
- 730 of natural causes
- buried at the monastery at Meran, Italy
- relics translated to Freising, Germany in 765 by bishop Aribo, biographer of Corbinian
- Freising, Germany
- Munich, Germany, archdiocese of
- bear
- bishop making a bear carry his luggage because it has eaten his mule
- bishop with a bear and mule in the background
- bishop with a bear
- bishop with Duke Grimoald at his feet
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Katherine Rabenstein
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Corbinian”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 August 2010. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-corbinian/>