Castor of Karden

Castor of cards (* unknown; † 400 ) is a saint of the Catholic Church. His feast day is February 13.

Shape and worship

Castor probably came from Aquitaine and was a pupil of the Bishop Maximin of Trier, who also ordained him a priest. According to legend, he lived with a few companions as a hermit in carding ( Cardena ) and worked around the year 400 as a missionary on the Mosel. A collegiate, from which today some Romanesque building ( house Korbisch, Stiftsherrenbau ( carding ) ) and the collegiate church built in the 12th century developed exist at St. Castor's grave and place of activity in carding.

780 rose Weomodus Bishop of Trier St. Castor's bones and put them in at the local Paulinus Church of cards. This meant the official church recognition of the cult and is a today's beatification same. On November 12, 837 Archbishop Hetti of Trier transferred the greater part of the Castor relics, including the head, to the newly built St. Kastor to Koblenz. Castor is now applicable as a saint of the city of Koblenz.

A smaller part of the Castor relics remained in carding and was stored and venerated in the so-called Castor shrine. This artful wooden shrine from the 15th century is still in the local Collegiate Church; but the content is lost since the end of the 18th century. Beginning of the 19th century, some returned relics particles St. Castor in Koblenz back to carding and were again deposited in the historic Castor shrine.