Gregor von Burtscheid

Gregory of Burtscheid (* 930-940; † November 4th 999, also include Gregory of Calabria ) was the first abbot of the order of Emperor Otto III. founded abbey Burtscheid.

Life

Gregory of Burtscheid bear this name in Calabria. In Germany he was known under the name of Gregory of Calabria. He was 930-940 born in Calabria, which at that time belonged to the Byzantine sphere of influence.

Emperor Otto III. founded in 997, the abbey Burtscheid in the then independent Burtscheid place near Aachen and sat Gregory, who was Abbot of the Basilian monastery of St. Andrew in Cerchiara / Calabria until then, as the first abbot of this monastery one. Gregory died on November 4, 999 with the reputation of a holy man. His remains were first buried in St. Nicholas 's Chapel in Burtscheid. Around 1190, Abbot Arnold the bones of St. Nicholas Chapel transferred to the abbey church.

At the end of the 12th century, Gregory was raised to the altars. His death was committed to repealing the Abbey Burtscheid as a feast day.

In the heavy bombing of Burtscheid on April 11, 1944, the grave of Gregory was destroyed. Remains of bones that could be salvaged from the wreckage were then kept in a silver box. This small chest of relics was transferred in 1996 in the Berdolet - altar, which stands in the parish of St. Johann in Aachen- Burtscheid, the former abbey church.

Since 2010, Abbot Gregor saint of the place of the end of 2009, resolved parishes of St. Gregory, Sacred Heart, St. John and St. Michael newly established parish of St. Gregory of Burtscheid.