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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
The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Bavaria, Germany. It is governed by the Archbishop of Munich and Freising, who ad
Corbinian
…ecclesiastical heraldry. It appeared on the arms of Pope Benedict XVI, who first adopted the symbol when still known as Joseph Ratzinger, he was appointed Archbishop of Freising-Munich in March 1977. He retained the bear in his revised coat of arms when he was elevated to Cardinal in June of the same year, and again on his papal coat…
Frauenkirche, Munich
Freising Cathedral
Freising Cathedral's pipe organ
Palais Holnstein, the archbishop's residence