Blessed Charlemagne
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- Also known as
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Carlus Magnus;
Carolus Magnus;
Charles the Great;
Charles, King of the Franks;
Karl der Grosse
- Memorial
- 28 January
- Profile
- Son of Pepin the Short, Mayor of the Palace under King Childeric III.
Father of Louis the Pious.
King of the Franks in 768.
Crowned first Holy Roman Emporer, sovereign of Christendom in the West, by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day 800.
His reign involved a greater degree than any other historical personage the organic development and consolidation of Christian Europe.
- Born
- 2 April 742
- Died
- 28 January 814 at Aachen of natural causes
- Beatified
- by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)
- Patronage
- University of Paris
- Additional Information
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Google Directory
Catholic Encyclopedia, by Thomas J Shahan
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