Heribert

Baring-Gould: March · S. HERIBERT, ARCHB. OF COLOGNE

[German Martyrologies. At Cologne the festival of his translation is observed on August 30th. Authority:--A Life, by Lambert of Deutz, written twenty years after the death of Heribert.]

Heribert was born at Worms. His father was a gentleman of rank. His mother had been carried off into captivity by the Huns, and had been sold to an honest and good man, who restored her to her parents. She was grand-daughter of Reginbald, count of Swabia. Heribert was educated in the abbey of Gorze, in Lorraine, in the diocese of Metz. His father having recalled him to Worms, the archbishop Hildebald was so pleased with the young man, that he made him dean of his cathedral, and destined him to become his successor, but his death before Heribert had sufficiently established his reputation prevented the fulfilment of this design. Some years after, Otho III., who had not as yet received the imperial crown, having been informed of the merit of Heribert, made him his chancellor, and perceiving his great virtue, obtained his ordination. Shortly after, the archdiocese of Cologne became vacant, and this gave rise to party contests, productive of schism in that Church. The contest was brought to a conclusion by an almost unanimous election of the chancellor Heribert. He received notice of his having been chosen, with great regret, and on his induction, on Christmas-eve, walked barefoot to the cathedral. His reign was a true blessing to the diocese, through his wise regulations for the maintenance of discipline among the clergy, and for the systematic relief of the necessitious. He built and endowed the abbey of Deutz, on the opposite bank of the Rhine to Cologne; he rebuilt the church of the Apostles, at Cologne, and the chapel of S. Stephen. In a time of great drought, when the country was suffering great distress, and the cattle of the poor were perishing, he went in procession to the church of S. Severinus, and kneeling before the altar, bowed his head on his hands, and weeping for the misfortunes of his people, did not raise his head till a thunderstorm broke over the church.

Biographical overview

Heribert is a Germanic given name, derived from hari ("host") and beraht ("bright"). See also Herbert, another given name with the same roots. Charibert of Laon (died before 762), also spelled Heribert, Count of Laon and maternal grandfather of Charlemagne Heribert of Cologne (c. 970-1021), saint, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III Heribert Aribert (archbishop of Milan) (died 1045) Heribert Adam (born 1936), German-born Canadian political scientist and sociologist Heribert Barrera (1917–2011), Catalan chemist and politician Heribert Beissel (1933–2021), German orchestra conductor Heribert Bruchhagen (born 1948), German football player, manager and executive Heribert Faßbender (born 1941), German sports journalist Heribert Hirte (born 1958) German legal scholar and politician Heribert Illig (born 1947), German germanist and author Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989), Austrian orchestra and opera conductor born Heribert, Ritter von Karajan Heribert von Larisch (1894–1972), German lieutenant-general during World War II Heribert Macherey (born 1954), German retired football goalkeeper Heribert Mühlen (1927-2006), German Roman Catholic theologian Heribert Offermanns (born 1937), German chemist Heribert Prantl (born 1953), German journalist and jurist Heribert Rech (born 1950), German lawyer and politician Heribert Sperner (1915-1943), Austrian footballer Heribert Rosweyde (1569-1629), Jesuit hagiographer Heribert Weber (born 1955), Austrian retired football player and manager Surname Sandy Heribert, French-British TV journalist

Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness

Coloniae Agrippinae sancti Heriberti Episcopi, sanctitate celebris.

The Lives Of The Saints: Volume 03, March · S. Heribert.

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[German Martyrologies. At Cologne the festival of his translation is observed on August 30th. Authority: — A Life, by Lambert of Dents, written twenty years after the death of Heribert.]

Heribert was bom at Worms. His father was a gentle- man of rank. His mother had been carried off into cap- tivity by the Huns, and had been sold to an honest and good man, who restored her to her parents. She was grand- daughter of Reginbald, count of Swabia. Heribert was educated in the abbey of Gorze, in Lorraine, in the diocese of Metz. His father having recalled him to Worms, the archbishop Hildebald was so pleased with the young man, that he made him dean of his cathedral, and destined him to become his successor, but his death before Heribert had sufficiently established his reputation prevented the fulfil- ment of this design. Some years after, Otho III., who had not as yet received the imperial crown, having been informed of the merit of Heribert, made him his chancellor, and per- ceiving his great virtue, obtained his ordination. Shortly after, the archdiocese of Cologne became vacant, and this gave rise to party contests, productive of schism in that Church. The contest was brought to a conclusion by an almost unanimous election of the chancellor Heribert He received notice of his having been chosen, with great regret, and on his induction, on Christmas-eve, walked barefoot to the cathedral. His reign was a true blessing to the diocese, through his wise regulations for the maintenance of discip- line among the clergy, and for the systematic relief of the necessitious. He built and endowed the abbey of Deutz, on the opposite bank of the Rhine to Cologne ; he rebuilt the church of the Apostles, at Cologne, and the chapel of S. Stephen. In a time of great drought, when the country

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was suffering great distress, and the cattle of the poor were perishing, he went in procession to the church of S. Severi- nus, and kneeling before the altar, bowed his head on his hands, and weeping for the misfortunes of his people, did not raise his head till a thunderstorn broke over the church.