Simpert

Also known as Simpertus, St. Simpert

Simpert (13 October 807) was an abbot, bishop, and confessor of the late-8th and early-9th centuries, and was supposedly the nephew of Charlemagne. He was educated at Murbach Abbey in Alsace, where he took the Benedictine habit and was elected abbot. In 778, he was appointed bishop of Augsburg by Charlemagne. He consolidated and strengthened the jurisdiction of his bishopric and lived alternately at Neuburg an der Donau, at Staffelsee Abbey, and at Augsburg.

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Diarium : oder, Außführliche curiose Reiß-Beschreibung / von Wien nach Constantinopel und von dar wider zuruck in Teutschland, auch was sich hin-und wider merckwürdiges daben zugetragen, deß Hochgebohrnen Grafen und Herrn, Herrn Wolffgang, Grafens zu Oettingen, &c., der Röm. Kayserl. Maiest., &c., Geheimen Rath, Cammerern, und Reichs-Hof- Raths Præsidenten, &c., Welche Seine Hoch-Gräfl, Excell., Als Ihro Röm. Kayserl. Maiest., Groß-Bottschaffter den 20. Octob. An. 1699, angetretten, und An. 1701. den 29. Jan. glücklichen vollendet, Beschriben, von Simperto, deß löbl. Gotts-Hauß Neresheim, Ord. S. Benedicti, Abbten, als Ihro Excell., deß Herrn Groß-Bottschaffters bey erst-ermelt-vorgewester Gesandschafft Prælato Domestico, &c.
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Saint.honorific prefix: Saint
Saint.name: Simpert
Saint.titles: Bishop of Augsburg
Saint.image: Deckplatte vom Grabmal des heiligen Simpertus, Bischofs von Augsburg.jpg
Saint.imagesize: 220px
Saint.caption: Cover plate from the tomb of Saint Simpert, Bishop of Augsburg
Saint.canonized_date: 6 January 1468
Saint.canonized_by: Pope Paul II
Saint.patronage: Augsburg
Saint.feast_day: 13 October
Saint.venerated_in: Roman Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church

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He rebuilt the Basilica of St. Afra's and others. While he was bishop, he remained abbot of Murbach, ruling at the same time the diocese and the monastery. He died on 13 October 807 and was buried at St Afra's church. Since 1624, he has been a secondary patron of Augsburg, his cultus having been approved in 1468.

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