{"id":11824,"date":"2020-07-26T20:38:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T01:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jassa.org\/?p=11824"},"modified":"2020-07-26T21:45:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T02:45:50","slug":"on-the-suavic-accents-of-the-miracles-of-udalrich-the-bishop-of-augsburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jassa.org\/?p=11824","title":{"rendered":"On the Suavic Accents of “The Miracles of Udalrich, the Bishop of Augsburg”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much of the information concerning Ulrich\/Udalrich is derived from the\u00a0Life of St Ulrich<\/i>\u00a0written by Gerhard of Augsburg<\/strong> sometime between 982 and 993. Ulrich was born in 890 at\u00a0Kyburg,\u00a0Zurich\u00a0in present-day\u00a0Switzerland. He was the son of Hupald, Count of Dillingen (d. 909) and Dietpirch of Swabia (also known as Theoberga).\u00a0<\/span>His maternal grandfather was\u00a0Burchard I, Duke of Swabia. Burchard was reportedly the second husband of\u00a0Liutgard, who was the widow of\u00a0Louis the Younger.\u00a0The siblings of Dietpirch included\u00a0Burchard II, Duke of Swabia. His family was connected with the dukes of Alamannia and the\u00a0Ottonian dynasty. An unnamed sister served as a nun in\u00a0Buchau. Ulrich had been bishop of Augsburg from 923 till 973.<\/p>\n

Here are the Suavic mentions in Gerhard of Augsburg’s “The Life of Udalrich, the Bishop of Augsburg.” The manuscript photos are courtesy of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Book I
\nChapter 28<\/strong><\/p>\n

[year 977 A.D.] “…One time Emperor Otto [II] wanted to attack the Suavic people<\/strong> with his army; Otto [of Swabia], who – after Henry [II of Bavaria] had been deposed – the duke of the Alemmani and the Bavarians, prepared himself to come to Bavaria\u00a0with his Alemanni and Bavarians to help [the Emperor]. Bishop Henry [I of Augsburg] who had promised to go with him, waited [instead] with his knights until the army had moved on and occupied, as had previously been arranged, many towns and himself too over Neuburg. But Henry [II of Bavaria], the prior duke, took over Passau with the goal, to take over the province with the help of his nephew the bishop [of Augsburg], after the departure of Otto [of Swabia] and his army.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“As Duke Otto [of Swabia] became aware of this plan, he returned with the armies of both provinces [Alemannia and Bavaria] and besieged Henry [II of Bavaria] in the previously[-named] town of Passau. The Emperor Otto, who by the clemency of God, had been free of the Suavs<\/strong>, followed him to the siege of the same town…” \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Quodam tempore cum imperator otto gentem sclavorum<\/strong> cum execitu invadere voluisset, et otto, qui tunc dux erat alamannorum et bauuuariorum, heinrico deposito, in adiutorium eius venire cum alamannis et noricis ad bauuuariam paratus esset, heinricusque episcopus ire se cum illo promitteret, expectavit cum suis militibus donec recederet exercitus, et, sicut antea consiliati sunt, occupavit cum militibus suis civitates quas potuit, \u00a0et ipse in nuuvinburc intravit. Heinricus autem, qui antea dux fuit, pazouuam civitatem intravit, ea ratione ut Ottone cum exercitu recedente, provinciam sibi cum adiutorio nepotis sui episcopi subiugaret.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hoc itaque consilium cum ottoni duci notum factum fuisset, reversus est cum exercitu ambarum provinciarum, et obsedit eum in praefata civitate, pazouua. Imperator autem otto, cum dei clementia liberatus a sclavis<\/strong>, venit post eum ad eandam civitatem in obsidionem eius…\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Book II<\/strong>
\nChapter 21<\/strong><\/p>\n

“In the land of the Suavs<\/strong> the son of the Duke Bolesuav<\/strong>* fell into such a sickness that his father, mother and other present friends began to doubt whether his life in this world could be preserved. As the father suffered this distress, he was told by the mother of the boy and by others to whom this was known, how many [people] had been freed in many ways from different sufferings on account of the achievements of Saint Ulrich. He immediately made a vow that he would have his envoys visit the grave of Saint Ulrich with gifts, if his son would return to life. Even on the same day the life ghost retuned to the duke’s son which greatly comforted the\u00a0father. He saw God’s compassion in his son’s [recovery] and he took care immediately to send his envoys to fulfill his vow. They came to the gave bringing five pounds of silver, many gold pieces and as much wax as a strong packhorse could carry. The mother of the boy sent, from her side, a large amount of gold denarii for the sake of her son. The envoys also paid a visit to the altar of Holy Mary [in the cathedral] with gold and other pious gifts, just as they had been commanded; similarly too, the altar of Saint Afra**, telling why they had been sent and describing how before their departure from their lands they had left the son of their ruler alive and healthy.”<\/span><\/p>\n

* Bolesuav II the Pious of Bohemia
\n** Along with Ulrich also a patron of Augsburg<\/span><\/p>\n

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In regione Sclavorum filius Volizlauui<\/strong>* ducis valitudinem incidit, et in tantam infirmitatem deductus est, ut pater eius et mater caeterique praesentes amici praesentem vitam eum\u00a0ulterius habere posse desperarent. Cumque pater\u00a0in his angustiis versaretur, ammonitus est de matre\u00a0pueri et de aliis quibus notum fuit, quam multipliciter multi per merita sancti Oudalrici de \u00a0diversis angustiis liberati essent. Continuo votum vovit, si filius eius ad vitam rediret, ut missis\u00a0legatis sepulchrum sancti Oudalrici cum oblatio\u00a0nibus visitaret. Eodem vero die filius ducis conversus ad vitam, consolationem patri non minimam obtulit. Qui cognoscens misericordiam Dei\u00a0in filio, nuntios statim mittere et votum eius\u00a0implere studuit. Qui venientes ad sepulchrum, obtulerunt 5 libras argenti et aureos quam plurimos\u00a0et de cerae quantum unus fortis soumarius portare\u00a0potuit; mater etiam pueri seorsum denariorum aureorum bonam partem pro filio misit. Legati etiam\u00a0altare sanctae Mariae cum auro et aliis oblatio\u00a0nibus, sicut eis praeceptum est, devote visita\u00a0verunt, similiter et altare sanctae Afrae; et narraverunt pro qua re missi sunt, dicentes, ante\u00a0quam ipsi exirent de sua provincia, ut filium\u00a0domini sui ambulantem et sanum dimitterent.<\/em><\/p>\n

* Volizlauuai also wolizlaii<\/em><\/p>\n

Book II<\/strong>
\nChapter 22<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Another time, a certain duke of the Vandals [Wends] by the name of Misico<\/strong> was wounded in the arm by a poisoned arrow. As he felt that he had been struck by a harmful poison and worried that within the hour doom and death stood before him, he made a vow full of faith and steadfastness that he will send as soon as possible a silver arm with a hand for\u00a0the Saint [Udalrich]. As soon as he made the vow, he was freed from the danger. He went home and commanded to make an arm that would fulfill the vow. As soon as the smiths began to make the arm, the duke rose up immediately, was freed from the threatening danger, praised the God, who had freed him from the danger of death on account of the achievements of his holy bishop, fulfilled his vow and sent the harm with the hand to the grave of the holy man.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alio quoque tempore quidam dux Wandalorum, Misico nomine<\/strong>, cum sagitta toxicata\u00a0in brachium vulneratus est. Qui cum sentiret,\u00a0sese veneno nocivo esse percussum, et sibi inminere mortis interitum eadem hora putaret, cum\u00a0magna fide et constantia votum vovit, ut brachium argenteum cum manu quam cicius potuisset\u00a0ad sanctum Oudalricum mittere non differret. Qui\u00a0statim post votum relevatus a periculo, ad domum\u00a0suam rediit, et brachium secundum suum votum\u00a0componere praecepit. Cumque fabri brachium fabricare coepissent, et manum in eo fingerent,\u00a0dux continuo de inminenti periculo liberatus surrexit, Deum laudans, qui eum per merita sui sancti episcopi de mortis periculo liberavit.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Much of the information concerning Ulrich\/Udalrich is derived from the\u00a0Life of St Ulrich\u00a0written by Gerhard of Augsburg sometime between 982 and 993. Ulrich was born in 890 at\u00a0Kyburg,\u00a0Zurich\u00a0in present-day\u00a0Switzerland. He was the son of Hupald, Count of Dillingen (d. 909) and Dietpirch of Swabia (also known as Theoberga).\u00a0His maternal grandfather was\u00a0Burchard I, Duke of Swabia. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-czechs","category-poles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jassa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jassa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jassa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jassa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jassa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11824"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.jassa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17281,"href":"https:\/\/www.jassa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11824\/revisions\/17281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jassa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jassa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jassa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}