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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Franks
These restless barbarians, who occupied a large portion of the present Kingdom of the Netherlands, were fanatical pagans; Ratbod, their duke, was a bitter enemy of Christianity.
During the first years of their administrations they had to subdue the revolts of the Alamanni, as well as those of their brother Grifon, and of Odilo, Duke of Bavaria.
They conquered all the rebels, but left to Aquitaine and Bavaria their national dukes while they abolished the Duchy of Alamannia.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06238a.htm   (5027 words)

  
 Franz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Albrecht Luitpold Ferdinand Michael Duke of Bavaria, Franken and Swabia, Count Palatine of the Rhine (May 3, 1905 - July 8, 1996), was the son of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria and his first wife, Duchess Marie Gabriele in Bavaria.
His paternal grandfather was Ludwig III of Bavaria, the last King of Bavaria who was deposed in 1918.
If one discounts the marriage of the Duke of Bavaria's ancestress Maria Beatrice of Savoy as being invalid in British law (she married her uncle) then the succession would have passed from her to her younger sister Maria Teresa who married the Duke of Parma.
www.experiencefestival.com /franz   (1014 words)

  
 Medieval Sourcebook: Willibald: The Life of St. Boniface
On his departure from Italy he made a visit to the Bavarians, not only because Duke Odilo had sent him an invitation but also because he himself was desirous of seeing them.
The saint, who had dedicated himself to God's service from his earliest childhood and was therefore ill able to brook the insult offered to his Lord, compelled Duke Odilo and his subjects to forsake their evil, false, and heretical doctrines and put them on their guard against the deceitfulness of immoral priests.
With the consent of Duke Odilo he divided the province of Bavaria into four dioceses and appointed over them four bishops, whom he consecrated for this purpose.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/willibald-boniface.html   (11320 words)

  
 St. Pachomius Library: St. Virgilius or Virgil of Salzburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Shortly after St. Virgil's death, Bavaria was annexed to the Frankish Empire and the distinctive character of its no-longer-autonomous church was lost.
Born in Ireland, Virgil undertook a journey to continental Europe in 743.
He spent two years at the court of Pepin the Short and travelled to Bavaria to make peace between the French king and Duke Odilo, who appointed him abbot of St. Peter's.
www.voskrese.info /spl/XvirgilSalz.html   (526 words)

  
 41st Generation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Gerold von der Vinzgau, Bishop of Mayence (Mainz) was born circa 700 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate Land, Germany.
Hnabi d'Alémanie, Duke of Alamania, Count in the Linzgau "Nebi" was born circa 709 in Alamannia (Rhine Valley), France or Germany.
Gui de Hornbach, Count of Hornbach was born 706.
www.boazfamilytree.com /jbourchier/aqwg102.htm   (1332 words)

  
 Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of November 27
Instead of visiting Palestine he remained in Bavaria to help Saint Rupert, the apostle of Austria.
Virgil appears to have been a somewhat difficult character and he incurred the strong disapproval of Saint Boniface, who seems to have detested him.
His influence is revealed by the issuance during the time of duke Chetimar of a Carinthian coin, an old Salzburg rubentaler, with the images of Saint Rupert, who built Saint Peter's monastery, and Virgil.
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1127.htm   (4814 words)

  
 Saints at a Glance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In his earlier years he was confessor and adviser of the Queen-mother of Castile, Catherine, who was the daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.
The local duke oppressed the monks and poor inhabitants with violence and exhortation.
Cunegund, widow (1033) - her husband, St Henry (duke of Bavaria), doubted her honesty once, at which time she volunteered to undergo an ordeal by fire; she passed the ordeal unscathed, and after Henry's death she became a nun
www.le.ac.uk /elh/grj1/ssmain.html   (15464 words)

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