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Blessed Charlemagne

Blessed Charlemagne

Blessed Charlemagne

Also known as: Carlomagno; Carlus Magnus; Carolus Magnus; Charles the Great; Charles, King of the Franks; Karl der Grosse

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

28-Jan

Born

2 April 742 Aix-la-Chapelle (in modern Germany

Died

28 January 814 at Aachen (in modern Germany) of natural causes

Beatified

By Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)

Canonized

A decree of canonization was issued by the anti-pope Paschal III, but this was never ratified by valid authority

Biography

Blessed Charles the Great, commonly known as Charlemagne, was born the eldest son of Bertha and Pepin the Short, Mayor of the Palace and later King of the Franks. As King of the Franks from 768, he fulfilled his role as "Roman Patrician" by vigorously defending the temporal rights of the Holy See, most notably

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

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