Arbeo of Freising, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Medieval bishop and author
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Place of Birth: Merano, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
About Arbeo of Freising
- Arbeo (also Aribo or Arbo) of Freising (723 or earlier near Meran – 4 May 784) was an early medieval author and Bishop of Freising from 764. Arbeo probably was a scion of the Huosi noble dynasty in the stem duchy of Bavaria.
- He may have been the child which, according to his own hagiography, Saint Corbinian rescued from the floodwaters of the Passer River near Meran.
- Arbeo was raised by Corbinians's brother Erembert and prepared for an ecclesiastical career, becoming a member of the Benedictine Order.
- At first a priest and notary under Bishop Joseph of Freising and official of the episcopal chancery, he was appointed abbot of the newly founded monastery of Scharnitz in 763.
- One year later he succeeded Joseph as Bishop of Freising. During his tenure the Bavarian monasteries of Innichen, Schäftlarn and Schliersee were established, and Scharnitz Abbey relocated to Schlehdorf.
- Arbeo had the relics of Saint Corbinian transferred to Freising.
- In the long-time quarrels of the Agilolfing duke Tassilo III of Bavaria with his Frankish suzerains, the bishop remained a loyal supporter of King Charlemagne and may have lost his diocese in his later years. Arbeo founded the Freising episcopal library and scriptorium.
- He is often counted as the first named author in German and is sometimes credited with the composition of the Codex Abrogans, a bilingual vocabulary in Latin and Old High German, often described as the first German book. He is buried in Freising.
- His commemoration day in the Catholic Church is 4 May.
- An affiliation with Margrave Aribo, progenitor of the Aribonids is possible but has not been established.
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