San Guido di Pomposa
Maestro
del Capitolo, San Guido, XIV secolo, affresco, sala capitolare, Abbazia di
Pomposa, Codigoro (FE)
Maestro
del Capitolo di Pomposa, San Guido di Pomposa (part.), primo quarto
del XIV
secolo, affresco; Abbazia di Pomposa, sala capitolare
San Guido di Pomposa
Maestro
del Capitolo, San Guido, XIV secolo, affresco, sala capitolare, Abbazia di
Pomposa, Codigoro (FE)
Maestro
del Capitolo di Pomposa, San Guido di Pomposa (part.), primo quarto
del XIV
secolo, affresco; Abbazia di Pomposa, sala capitolare
San Guido di Pomposa
Maestro
del Capitolo, San Guido, XIV secolo, affresco, sala capitolare, Abbazia di
Pomposa, Codigoro (FE)
Maestro
del Capitolo di Pomposa, San Guido di Pomposa (part.), primo quarto
del XIV
secolo, affresco; Abbazia di Pomposa, sala capitolare
Saint Guy de Pomposa,
abbé
Natif de Ravenne, il
reçut la tonsure à Rome et alla vivre sur les rives du Pô, avec un ermite nommé
Martin. Il fut élu par la suite abbé de Saint-Sévère puis du monastère de
Pomposa, près de Ferrare, en Émilie-Romagne, et y mena une vie toute d’austérité.
L’abbaye de Pomposa, fondée aux VIe-VIIe siècle par les bénédictins, sur ce qui
était à l’époque une île, devint sous sa conduite un des plus importants
monastères de l’Italie du Nord. Il mourut en 1046. L’abbaye connut un grand
rayonnement surtout au Xe et au XIIe siècle, c’est là notamment que le moine
Guy d’Arezzo (992-1050) mit au point la notation musicale avec l’acrostiche de
l’hymne de Paul Diacre à saint Jean Baptiste : « Ut queant laxis
/ Resonare fibris / Mira gestorum / Famuli tuorum / Solve
poluuti / Labii reatum / Sancte Iohannes ».
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Saint Guy de Pomposa
Moine puis abbé à
Ravenne (+ 1046)
Né aux environs de
Ravenne, il vécut d'abord sous la direction d'un ermite qui l'envoya à l'abbaye
de Pomposa dont il devint l'abbé. Sa sainteté lui attira de nombreux disciples
et fit de son monastère l'un des plus importants de l'Italie du Nord.
À Borgo San Domnino, dans
la région de Parme en Émilie, l’an 1046, le trépas de saint Guy, abbé du
monastère de Pompose, qui accueillit de nombreux disciples, reconstruisit les
bâtiments, veilla au plus haut point à la contemplation et au culte divin, et
voulut être tout entier à Dieu seul dans la retraite.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/897/Saint-Guy-de-Pomposa.html
San Guido di Pomposa
Pomposa,
abbazia, refettorio, affreschi giotteschi riminesi del 1316-20, Miracolo
dell'abate Guido Strambiati
San Guido di Pomposa
Pomposa,
abbazia, refettorio, affreschi giotteschi riminesi del 1316-20, Miracolo
dell'abate Guido Strambiati
Saint Guy of Pomposa
Also
known as
Guido
Guion
Wido
Wit
Witen
Memorial
31 March
Profile
Known in his youth for
being meticulous about his clothing and appearance – until the day he realized
it was simply vanity and traded his fine clothes for a beggar‘s
rags. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy.
Spiritual student for three years of a hermit name
Martin on an island in the River Po. Monk at Pomposa abbey near Ferrera, Italy. Benedictine monk at Saint Severus abbey, Ravenna, Italy. Abbot at Ravenna. Abbot at Pomposa.
A student of
scripture, at the request of Saint Peter
Damian he taught Bible
studies for two years. So many were attracted to his teaching,
his leadership, and his example of the Christian life
that his house doubled in size; his father and
brother joined the order. Guy finally handed off the administrative elements of
his position to concentrate on spiritual direction. He periodically retreated
to a hermitage near Ferrara to
spend his days in prayer and
fasting. Near the end of his life he was unjustly persecuted for personal
reasons by archbishop Heribert
of Ravenna. Died while
on a trip to Piacenza, Italy to
advise Emperor Henry
III on spiritual matters.
Born
at Ravenna, Italy
Died
1046 at
Borgo San Donnino, Italy of
natural causes
interred in the church
of Saint John
the Evangelist, Speyer, Germany,
which was renamed Saint Guido-Stift
Patronage
Speyer, Germany
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Guy of Pomposa, OSB Abbot
M (AC)
(also known as Guido,
Guion, Wido, Witen, Wit)
Born near Ravenna, Italy;
died 1046. San Guido's parents were proud of their son. He was extremely careful
with his appearance and dress in order to please them, until the day he
realized that it was a form of vanity. On the feast of Saint Apollinaris, the
first bishop of Ravenna, Guy went into town, stripped off his finery, and
traded them for the rags of the poor. His horrified parents then watched as he
left on a pilgrimage to Rome thus dressed.
In Rome, he was tonsured
and placed himself under the direction of a hermit, named Martin, who lived on
an island in the Po River. After three years, Martin sent him to the monastery
of Pomposa (near Ferrara), which was under Martin's direction together with
that of Ferrara, to learn the monastic life in a large community. Thus, Guy
began monastic life and became a Benedictine monk at the abbey of Saint
Severus.
Later Guy was nominated
by Martin and was confirmed by vote of the community as abbot of Ravenna, then
of Pomposa near Ferrara. He loved sacred learning and, at his request, Saint
Peter Damian delivered lectures on the Scriptures to his monks for two years.
Saint Peter Damian later dedicated his book, De perfectione monachorum, to the
holy abbot. During his forty years as abbot, Guy's reputation drew so many
others to religious life, including his own father and brother, that the
community doubled in size and another monastery had to be built to accommodate
them all. Eventually, he delegated the administrative aspects of his office in
order to concentrate on the spiritual, especially the direction of souls.
Three times annually he
made a retreat in a hermitage three-miles from Ferrara, where he lived in
silence, abstinence, fasting, and prayer. His devotions and austerities were
heightened during Lent. Although he treated his own body severely, he was
extraordinarily tender with his monks, who became devoted to him.
Towards the end of his
life, Guy was fiercely, though unjustly, persecuted by Archbishop Heribert of
Ravenna and retired again into solitude. His peace was broken, however, by an
summons to Piacenza from Emperor Henry III, who had come to Italy and wished to
consult the holy man whose reputation had reached the king's ears. Guy took
leave of his brothers, saying that he would not see them again. He became ill
at Borgo San Donnino (near Parma) and died within days. After his death, Parma
and Pomposa vied for custody of his relics. The emperor settled the dispute by
taking his remains to the Church of Saint John the Evangelist in Speyer,
Germany, which was renamed Saint Guido-Stift. He is the patron of Speyer
(Attwater2, Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Husenbeth, Walsh).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0331.shtml
St. Guy, Confessor
HE is called by the
Germans Witen, and was forty years abbot of Pomposa, in the duchy of Ferrara,
in Italy, a man eminent in all virtues, especially patience, the love of
solitude, and prayer. He died in 1046. The emperor, Henry III., caused his
relics to be translated to Spire, which city honours him as its principal
patron. See his life by a disciple, in the Acta Sanatorium of Henschenius, and
another shorter, of the same age.
Rev. Alban
Butler (1711–73). Volume III: March. The Lives of the
Saints. 1866.
SOURCE : http://www.bartleby.com/210/3/313.html
Saints
of the Order of Saint Benedict – Saint Guy, Abbot
Almighty God very often
manifests His goodness and mercy in pointing out the error of their ways to
those who pursue the paths of pleasure and luxury. This mercy was shown to
Saint Guy. He was born at Casmarius, a hamlet near Ravenna, of good family, his
parents being Albert and Martia. Their indulgence, coupled with the fire of
youth, nearly brought their son to ruin. While studying at Ravenna, he fell in
love. Dancing, singing, rich banquets, and the society of the opposite sex were
all he lived for. He was going straight to perdition, when, all of a sudden,
Divine Providence mercifully opened his eyes to the abyss yawning in front of
him. The sense of his peril now made him shrink with loathing from what he
previously had found so alluring.
In the meantime his
father had arranged a marriage alliance for him. To avoid this, Guy secretly
left Ravenna, and clad in coarse garments escaped to Rome. There, after a
regular course of study, he obtained Holy Orders. It was then his intention to
proceed to Jerusalem and never to see Italy again; but it was otherwise decreed
by the Almighty. The Divine Command bade him return to his native country, and
join Martin, a holy anchorite, who was living on the confines of the territory
of Ravenna. For three years he lived the solitary life under the direction of
Martin.
Such was the esteem in
which Guy was held owing to the humility and sanctity of his life, that, on the
death of William, Abbot of Pomposa, he was chosen to succeed him. Under the new
Abbot’s rule strict discipline flourished at Pomposa, so that it was as if
Saint Benedict had come to life again. The devout thronged to the monastery to
place themselves under Saint Guy’s spiritual guidance. Even his father and his
brother, Gerard, were induced to leave the world and to don the cowl.
As the community was
increasing in numbers every day, it became necessary to erect additional
buildings. While this work was proceeding, several miracles were performed
through the prayers of the holy Abbot. One of the workmen, while walking
carelessly along the beams of the scaffolding, missed his footing, and, by
Saint Guy’s intercession, was saved from being hurled lifeless to the earth.
Owing to the same powerful mediation, no injury befell some monks who were
dashed to the ground by blocks of hewn stone that had fallen through the giving
way of some portion of the tackle. While the Abbot was energetically hurrying
on the new monastery, his resources became exhausted. He had not wherewithal to
feed his labourers. However, God did not forsake him. Soon after two ships,
laden with corn, put into the coast adjoining the monastery and gave him
abundance of provisions. It was not men’s bodies only that our Saint was
concerned for, but much more for their souls. A monk who lived in a cell not
far from Pomposa was carried off by a sudden seizure. Owing to his carelessness
in the matter of penance, this monk’s soul ran the risk of being lost. Guy’s
prayers restored him to life, that he might have time to make his peace with
Heaven. Three days later, when he had piously confessed his sins and had been
absolved, this monk died happily.
Saint Guy was now
advanced in years, when the Emperor Henry, on his entrance from Germany into
Italy, commanded him to the imperial presence. On setting out, the Abbot told
his sorrowing brethren that Pomposa would never again see him alive. This
prophecy came true. While on his journey he fell ill at Parma, and there died,
A.D. 1046.
His remains, which at
first were interred at Parma, were transferred by the Emperor to Verona, and
later on to Spires, of which city he is still one of the chief patrons.
– text and illustration
taken from Saints
of the Order of Saint Benedict by Father Aegedius
Ranbeck, O.S.B.
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St. Guy of Pomposa
When he was a young man
Guy of Pomposa had a very high opinion of himself and always dressed very well.
During a celebration of the feast of St Apollinaris in Italy, he realized that
he should change his attitude toward himself in order to improve his life
spiritually. He gave his fine clothing to the poor and began to wear the
clothes of a poor man. He then spent three years with a hermit, and he became a
member and later abbot of a monastery that was under the direction of the
hermit. He spent many hours a day praying and fasting, and his life became such
an inspiring example that many men joined the monastery. His guidance was
sought by many important people over the years. We honor him on March 31.
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San Guido di Pomposa
Relic
of Guido di Pomposa, Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, Germany
San Guido di Pomposa
Relic
of Guido di Pomposa, Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, Germany
San Guido di Pomposa
Relic
of Guido di Pomposa, Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, Germany
Saint of the Day – 31
March – St Guy of Pomposa (Died 1046)
Posted on March
31, 2019
Saint of the Day – 31
March – St Guy of Pomposa (Died 1046) Monk, Abbot, Hermit, Spiritual Adviser,
Ascetic – Patronage – Speyer, Germany. Also known as Guido, Guion, Wido, Wit,
Witen. Born at Ravenna, Italy and died in 1046 at Borgo San Donnino, Italy of
natural causes. His remains were interred in the church of Saint John the
Evangelist, Speyer, Germany, which was renamed Saint Guido-Stift.
Guy was born near Ravenna
in northern Italy to parents who took great pride in him. Primarily to give
them pleasure, he was meticulous in his dress and personal appearance.
Still, one day during a festival, realising the vanity of this way of
being and taken with deep compunction, he stripped himself of his fine garments
and gave them all away to the poor. To his parents’ further
mortification, their son donned shabby garments and departed for Rome, where he
received the tonsure.
On his return, he placed
himself under the direction of a hermit named Martin, who lived alone on a
small island in the River Po. After three years of directing Guy,
the hermit sent him to the Abbey of Pomposa to learn the ways of monastic life.
There Guy so advanced in
virtue that he quickly rose to high office and was elected abbot.
Such was his reputation and so many flocked to the abbey that he was
obliged to build another. Evenhis father and his brother joined the
monastery.
At certain times of the
year Abbot Guy would retire into solitude a few miles from his monastery and
there would submit his body to severe austerities. Particularly
during the forty days of Lent, the austerities were such, as to resemble
tortures and yet, he was extraordinarily tender toward his monks who were
devoted to him.
Guy did not escape the
persecution which often comes to those seeking holiness. For
unknown reasons, the Archbishop of Ravenna had developed a hatred for the holy
abbot and determined to destroy his monasteries. When Guy learned
of the imminent attack, he fasted for three days, joined in this mortification
by the entire community of monks. When the archbishop arrived with his
soldiers, he was met by Guy with such humility and respect, that he was
overwhelmed and asked the abbot’s pardon.
Towards the close of his
life Guy again withdrew to his solitary hermitage. The Emperor
Henry III, who had come to Italy to consult with the holy abbot, summoned him
to Piacenza. Though he was unwilling to do so, the aged abbot
obeyed, taking a tender farewell from his brothers whom he said he would see no
more. Attacked by a sudden illness in Borgo San Donnino near Parma,
he died three days later.
Both Parma and Pomposa
claimed his relics but the emperor settled the dispute by having his body
translated to the Church of St John the Evangelist at Speyer in Germany.
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San Guido di Pomposa Abate
31
marzo
Nativo di Casamari presso
Ravenna, nella seconda metà del X secolo, da giovane si dedicò agli studi
vivendo negli agi della vita di famiglia. La sua vita ebbe una svolta quando
decise di donare i suoi abiti ai poveri e di ricoprirsi di un saio. Fece un pellegrinaggio
a Roma e da lì in Terra Santa; ma una volta tornato a Ravenna si ritirò a vita
eremitica sotto la guida dell'eremita Martino, abate di Pomposa, di cui fu
successore nel 998. Sotto la sua guida il monastero conobbe un periodo florido,
sia nell'ingrandimento edilizio, sia per il gran numero di monaci presenti.
Collaborò con l'arcivescovo Gebeardo alla riforma ecclesiastica, favorì le
nuove teorie sul campo musicale liturgico, ebbe fra i suoi monaci anche Guido
d'Arezzo, inventore del pentagramma. Aderendo all'invito dell'imperatore Enrico
III di recarsi a Piacenza, non poté raggiungere il luogo: malato dovette
fermarsi a Borgo San Donnino, dove morì il 31 marzo 1046.
Etimologia: Guido =
istruito, dall'antico tedesco
Martirologio
Romano: A Borgo San Donnino presso Parma, san Guido, abate del monastero
di Pomposa, che, dopo avere radunato molti discepoli e ricostruiti edifici
sacri, si dedicò con fervore alla preghiera, alla contemplazione e al culto
divino e nell’eremo volle avere la mente rivolta solo a Dio.
Nato presso Ravenna,
nella seconda metà del X secolo, da giovane si dedicò agli studi vivendo negli
agi della vita di famiglia. La sua vita ebbe una svolta quando decise di donare
i suoi abiti ai poveri e di ricoprirsi di un saio. Fece un pellegrinaggio a
Roma dove ricevette la tonsura e da lì in Terra Santa; ma una volta tornato a
Ravenna si ritirò a vita eremitica sotto la guida dell'eremita Martino, abate
di Pomposa, di cui fu successore nel 998. Sotto la sua guida il monastero
conobbe un periodo florido, sia nell'ingrandimento edilizio, sia per il gran
numero di monaci presenti. Collaborò con l'arcivescovo Gebeardo alla riforma
ecclesiastica, favorì le nuove teorie sul campo musicale liturgico, ebbe fra i
suoi monaci anche Guido d'Arezzo, inventore del pentagramma. Aderendo
all'invito dell'imperatore Enrico III di recarsi a Piacenza, non poté
raggiungere il luogo: malato dovette fermarsi a Borgo San Donnino, dove morì il
31 marzo 1046.
La vita
Guido nacque da famiglia
agiata, detta degli “Strambiati”, imparentata con la famiglia imperiale dei
Salici, tra il 965 ed il 970, a Casamari, nei pressi di Ravenna. Compi studi di
Diritto, Architettura e Musica.
Ma, anziché sposarsi,
come desiderava per lui la famiglia, la sua vita ebbe una svolta quando decise
di donare i suoi abiti ai poveri e di ricoprirsi di un saio. Fece un
pellegrinaggio a Roma dove ricevette la tonsura e da lì in Terra Santa; ma una
volta tornato a Ravenna si ritirò a vita eremitica sotto la guida dell'eremita
Martino, abate di Pomposa, di cui fu successore nel 998.
Sotto la sua guida il
monastero conobbe un periodo florido, sia nell'ingrandimento edilizio, sia per
il gran numero di monaci presenti. Collaborò con l'arcivescovo Gebeardo alla
riforma ecclesiastica, favorì le nuove teorie sul campo musicale liturgico,
ebbe fra i suoi monaci anche Guido d'Arezzo, inventore del pentagramma.
Aderendo all'invito dell'imperatore Enrico III di recarsi a Piacenza, non poté
raggiungere il luogo: malato dovette fermarsi a Borgo San Donnino, dove morì il
31 marzo 1046.
Guido diede vita ad una
disciplina monastica “originale”, definita Ordo Pomposianus: l’eremo, da sempre
più alto grado di esercizio della vita monastica, non prevaleva sul cenobio;
l’abate, eletto dagli eremiti, doveva risiedere nel cenobio e quest’ultimo
aveva un ruolo proprio, nel quale al monaco era consentito di esercitare a
pieno la sua vocazione spirituale, senza passare dall’eremo.
Pomposa è stato un
importante centro di Riforma della vita monastica in Italia, della quale San
Guido fu il principale ispiratore e artefice. Durante il suo abbaziato,
l’osservanza monastica prese vigore, aumentando fortemente il numero delle
vocazioni. Il numero dei monaci, durante il periodo di permanenza presso la comunità
di San Pier Damiani, chiamato a istruirli, era superiore a cento. Si devono poi
a San Guido le grandi opere di rifacimento del monastero e di ampliamento della
chiesa.
Pomposa divenne il
Monasterium in Italia primum: l’alta spiritualità raggiunta dal cenobio ed il
forte carisma esercitato dall’Abate Guido, attirarono sul monastero
l’ammirazione di imperatori, vescovi e signori, tar i quali si ricorda
Bonifacio di Marchese di Toscana e padre di Matilde di Canossa, che in San
Guido ebbe il suo confessore.
La traslazione
Il 31 marzo 1046 la morte
sorprese l’abate Guido lontano da Pomposa, mentre era in viaggio verso Pavia,
precisamente a Borgo san Donnino (attuale Fidenza), città dove Enrico III aveva
convocato un Sinodo di vescovi e abati: i due monaci che lo avevano
accompagnato si stavano preparando a riportare la salma a Pomposa, ma giunti a
Parma, al verificarsi di alcuni miracoli, il corpo fu trattenuto fino
all’intervento di Enrico III, il quale informato dell’accaduto, decise di
trasferire il corpo in San Zeno a Verona. Enrico III, al rientro da Roma, dopo
aver risolto una delicatissima questione (tre papi si contendevano il soglio
pontificio), aver ridato unità alla Chiesa ed essere stato incoronato
Imperatore, volle con sé il corpo del Santo per portarlo nella città di Spira.
Il 4 maggio del 1047, giorno della Pentecoste, il corpo di San Guido fu deposto
in un sarcofago di marmo sul quale fu scolpita la frase HID REQUIESCAT CORPUS
S. GUIDONIS ABBATIS e trasferito nella Chiesa di San Giovanni, Patrono della
città e divenuta Chiesa di San Guido.
Nel 1689, con la
distruzione della città e anche della chiesa, le reliquie furono portate
provvisoriamente in un luogo sicuro, all’interno del Duomo cittadino. Nel 1750
la Chiesa di San Giovanni venne ricostruita e le reliquie riportate e collocate
sull’altare maggiore, ma poi nel 1794, con l’ingresso dei soldati francesi
portati dalla Rivoluzione, la chiesa fu saccheggiata, e i resti del Santo
furono dispersi “… tra l’avena ammucchiata sul pavimento …”. Grazie
all’intervento notturno delle pietose e intrepide suore del vicino convento di
santa Maria Maddalena, fu possibile recuperare parte dei resti e metterli in
salvo nelle chiesa del loro monastero.
Nel 1930, parte delle
reliquie recuperate (le due tibie), furono riportate nella chiesa di San Guido,
diventata nel frattempo parte del Collegio missionario dei Padri Spiritani.
Verso la fine del Novecento, a causa di una profonda crisi vocazionale, i Padri
Spiritani dovettero abbandonare la loro missione, la chiesa di San Guido venne
sconsacrata e le reliquie, in attesa di una nuova definitiva collocazione
furono portate provvisoriamente nella cappella privata del Vescovo.
Il ricordo
Nel 1997 un gruppo di
parroci tedeschi di Spira in visita a Pomposa, fu informato da una guida
turistica della richiesta, mai esaudita, riguardante la restituzione delle
spoglie di san Guido alla sua cara Abbazia. Il gruppo era guidato da Don
Giuliano Gandini, sacerdote veronese, parroco della comunità italiana a Spira:
i sacerdoti, ritornati nella città tedesca, informarono immediatamente del
fatto il Vescovo della città, Dr. Anton Schlembach, il quale, avvertendo un
antico e profondo legame con Pomposa, accolse entusiasticamente la richiesta.
Così il 19 novembre del
2000, la reliquia di San Guido, portata solennemente dal Vescovo Schlembach,
dai parroci e da un numeroso gruppo di pellegrini spirensi, fece ingresso
nell’Abbazia di Pomposa, dove ad accoglierli, nella chiesa gremita di fedeli,
erano presenti l’allora Vescovo di Ferrara-Comacchio e Abate di Pomposa, Mons.
Carlo Caffarra e il vescovo Emerito di Ravenna Mons. Luigi Amaducci.
Oggi una tibia si trova nella cappella di Santa Caterina nel Duomo di Spira e
l’altra nella navata sinistra dell’Abbazia di Pomposa.
La reliquia
La reliquia di San Guido
è contenuta in uno scrigno realizzato dall’orafo di Würzburg, Michael Amberg e
dalla moglie Fides. Essa riposa su seta blu indiana, lavorata con fili e ricami
d’oro, ornata con 12 grosse stelle a fiore, perle d’acqua dolce e di mare, sfere
d’oro indiane con piastrine dorate e punzonate, incorniciata come nel giardino
celeste. La stessa reliquia è ornata con piccoli fiori celesti e avvolta con
una benda di pergamena con testo a inchiostro colorato. Il lato superiore e le
parti laterali del reliquiario racchiudono con ghirlande di frutti, le chiese
dedicate a Maria: la Cattedrale di Spira e l’Abbazia di Pomposa.
Il testo inciso recita:
EX OSSIBUS SANCTI GUIDONIS ABBATIS A.D. 2000 DONUM DIOCESIS SPIRENSIS (Osso di
tibia dello scheletro del Santo Abate Guido Anno del Signore 2000, dono della
Diocesi di Spira).
Autore: Antonio
Borrelli
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90844
Den hellige Guido av
Pomposa ( -1046)
Minnedag:
31. mars
Den hellige Guido var
abbed av Pomposa, nær Ferrara i Italia. Av en eller annen grunn ble han
forfulgt av erkebiskop Heribert av Ravenna, men både den hellige Peter Damian og
keiser Henrik III hadde en mer rettferdig oppfatning av ham. Minnedag 31. mars.
Kilder:
Attwater/Cumming - Sist oppdatert: 1998-03-31 01:50
SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/gpomposa
