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The saints

St. Norbert

A worldly court priest thrown from his horse by lightning, who founded a great order.

Feast: 6 June · about 1080 to 1134 · The Middle Ages · Xanten, Prémontré and Magdeburg

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A plain typographic plate: St. Norbert, with the feast day.

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Near Xanten, Germany, 1115

Norbert was a well-off clergyman at the imperial court who enjoyed the good life.1

Riding one day, he was thrown from his horse in a storm.1

Like Paul, he got up a different man.

Patron of Bohemia2

01St. Norbert

Prémontré

He gave away his wealth and preached across France and Germany.1

He founded the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines, at Prémontré, and later became archbishop of Magdeburg.1

Live it this week

Let a scare change you

Norbert’s close call turned him around. Think of a close call or wake-up moment you’ve already had. This week, make the one change you promised God then and never made.

Notes

How we know · 2 sources for this page
  1. Franciscan Media, Saint of the Day: “Saint Norbert”. franciscanmedia.org. franciscanmedia.org
  2. Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), “St. Norbert”. New Advent edition. newadvent.org

The Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) is in the public domain; we quote the New Advent edition. Texts of the Holy See are quoted briefly from vatican.va. Scripture: World English Bible, Catholic edition (public domain); Verse numbers are modern, with Douay-Rheims numbers in brackets where they differ. Photographs: Wikimedia Commons, credited under each image; full list on the photo credits page.

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