Corbinian
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Saint Corbinian was a Frankish bishop. After living as a hermit near Chartres for fourteen years, he made a pilgrimage to Rome. Pope Gregory II sent him to Bavaria. His opposition to the marriage of D
Saint Corbinian depicted in The Miracle of the Bear (1489) by Jan Polack, Diocesan Museum in Freising, Germany.
Saint Corbinian of Freising and the Bear, by Cosmas Damian Asam, c. 1725
S. Corbinianus adolescens - Castri vitam solitariam agit - Saint Corbinian as a young man decides upon a life of holy solitude
St. Corbinianus Romam venit et episcopus creatur - Saint Corbinian travels to Rome and is created a bishop
Weihenstephan Abbey
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Weihenstephan Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Weihenstephan, now part of the district of Freising, in Bavaria, Germany. Brauerei Weihenstephan, located at the monastery site since at least 1040,
Engraving of Weihenstephan Abbey by Michael Wening in Topographia Bavariae, about 1700
Weihenstephan at "Haus der 100 Biere" in Berlin