Saint Eberhard of Salzburg

Also known as
Ebergard of Salzburg
Everard of Salzburg
Memorial
22 June
Profile
Noble family. Studied at the Benedictine school at Bamberg, Bavaria. Priest. Canon of the Cathedral of Bamberg. Studied in Paris, earning a master's degree. Benedictine monk at Prufening in 1125. Abbot at Biburg, a house that had been established by his siblings. Archbishop of Salzburg in 1146. Noted as a reformer of his clergy, and a peacemaker in his diocese. Supported Pope Alexander III against the anti-pope Victor IV.
Born
1085 at Nuremberg, Germany
Died
1164 at the Cistercian monastery at Rein of natural causes
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