Norbert, of Xanten, Saint, approximately 1080-1134
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Name (Latin)
Norbert, of Xanten, Saint, approximately 1080-1134
Other forms of name
Norbert, of Xanten, Saint, ca. 1080-1134 a
Xanten, Norbert of, Saint, ca. 1080-1134
Norbert, von Xanten, Saint, ca. 1080-1134
Norbert, Archbishop of Magdeburg, ca. 1080-1134
nnaa Norbert, Saint, Abp. of Magdeburg, d. 1134
Norbertus, aartsbisschop van Maagdenburg, ca. 1080-1134
Norbert, Erzbischof von Magdeburg, ca. 1080-1134
Date of birth
1080
Date of death
1134-06-06
Other designation
Saint
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Norbert von Xanten, c1984:p. 37, etc. (b. ca. 1080 in Xanten; d. 6/6/1134 in Magdeburg; founder of Premonstratensian order; in 1126 became Archbishop of Magdeburg; canonized in 1582)
- LC data base, 1-18-85(hdg.: Norbert, Saint, Abp. of Magdeburg, d. 1134)
- Encyc. Brit., 1982(Norbert, Saint, Archbishop of Magdeburg; b. in Xanten ca. 1080; d. 6/6/1134)
- New Cath. encyc., 1981(Norbert of Xanten, St., Archbishop of Magdeburg; b. ca. 1080; d. 6/6/1134)
- Hollweck, F.G. Biog. dict. of the saints, 1924(lists only one: Norbert, archbp. of Magdeburg; b. ca. 1080 in Xanten; d. 6/6/1134; canonized in 1582)
- Grauwen, W.M. Norbertus, aartsbisschop van Maagdenburg (1126-1134), 1978:t.p.
- Grauwen, W.M. Norbert, Erzbischof von Magdeburg (1126-1134), 1986:t.p. (Norbert, Erzbischof von Magdeburg)
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Wikipedia description:
Norbert of Xanten, O. Praem (c. 1080 – 6 June 1134) (Gennep-Magdeburg), also known as Norbert Gennep, was Archbishop of Magdeburg, founder of the Premonstratensian order of canons regular, and is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Norbert was canonized by Pope Gregory XIII in the year 1582, and his statue appears above the Piazza colonnade of St. Peter's Square in Rome.
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