Blessed Rabanus Maurus
Also known as: Hrabanus Maurus; Maurus Magnentius Rabanus; Reabanus Maurus; Rhabanus Maurus
Feast Day
4-Feb
Born
776 at Mainz, Germany
Died
4 February 856 at Winkel, Germany of natural causes; buried in the monastery of Saint Alban at Mainz, Germany; relics were transferred to Halle, Germany by Archbishop Albrecht of Brandenburg
Biography
Blessed Rabanus Maurus, also known as Hrabanus Maurus, Maurus Magnentius Rabanus, Reabanus Maurus, or Rhabanus Maurus, was born in 776 in Mainz, Germany. He grew up in the abbey in Fulda, where he received his education and later became a spiritual student of Saint Alcuin of Tours and Saint Eigil.
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