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Rupert Hruodpert, Ruodbert, auch Ruprecht, HeiligerRupert (Hruodpert, Ruodbert), also Ruprecht, Saint, feast day March 27, b. around 650, d. (probably) Worms (Germany), March 27, 716. patron saint of the archdiocese and province of Salzburg, also of mining, of salt miners, against erysipelas and convulsions in children; portrayed with a salt bucket in his hand. came to Salzburg around 696, became its first bishop and founded the monastery of St. Peter and the convent on the Nonnberg (for his niece Ehrentrudis). The Herbstrupertitag festival celebrated in Salzburg on Sept. 24 commemorates the same date in 774, when his bones were moved to the newly built cathedral. Literature: Hl. R. von Salzburg, exhibition catalogue, Dommuseum und Erzabtei Salzburg, 1996.
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