St. Norbert - Cimelice, CZ
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Socha sv. Norberta na barokním moste. Jedná se o kopii, originál je uložen v nedalekém depozitári.
Waymark Code: WM13BVJ
Location: Jihočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/03/2020
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Statue of St. Norbert, situated on a baroque bridge. This is a copy, the original is stored in a nearby depository.
Norbert of Xanten (c. 1075 – 6 June 1134) (Xanten-Magdeburg), also known as Norbert Gennep, was a bishop of the Catholic Church, founder of the Premonstratensian order of canons regular, and is venerated as a saint. Norbert was canonized by Pope Gregory XIII in the year 1582
When Norbert died in Magdeburg on 6 June 1134, both the canons at the cathedral and the canons at St. Mary's Abbey claimed the body. The two parties resorted to Lothair III who decreed the body should be buried in the Norbertine Abbey. In 1524, Martin Luther preached in the city and, as a result, Magdeburg became a Protestant city. Numerous attempts were made over the centuries by the Abbey of Strahov in Prague to retrieve Norbert's body. Only after several military defeats at the hand of Emperor Ferdinand II was the abbot of Strahov able to claim the body. On 2 May 1627 the body was finally brought to Prague where it remains to this day, displayed as an auto-icon in a glass-fronted tomb.
Norbert was canonized by Pope Gregory XIII in the year 1582, and he became one of the saint patron of Czech lands.
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