Fulbert of Chartres

Fulbert (* about 950 in Italy or France, probably in Aquitaine or in the diocese Laudun, today Laon, † April 10, 1028 or 1029 in Chartres ) was from 1006 to 1028 Bishop of Chartres. He was in Reims student of Gerbert of Aurillac.

On Bishop Fulbert the construction of the Romanesque cathedral dates back (begun in 1020), which is considered today's lower church still preserved. In his tenure, the Cathedral School in addition to becoming a leading intellectual center north of the Alps. The heyday of the so-called " School of Chartres " stopped 200 years before other centers such as Paris won ( founding of the Sorbonne ) in importance.

Fulbert honor advised the French government in 2006, the anniversary " Célébration nationale du Millénaire de Fulbert, Chartres 1006-2006 " from. The highlight of the festivities was on September 8, 2006, the inauguration of the renovated Fulbert - crypt and the subsequent premiere of the oratorio Marie Stella Maris by Helge Burggrabe under the auspices of the Ambassador of France and Germany.