Aprunculus of Treves

Aprunculus of Treves (also known as Abrunculus) (died 532) was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Trier since 511.

He became bishop upon the death of his predecessor, Fibicius, and served in that capacity through 532.

He is considered a saint, with a feast day of April 22 at Trier. His relics are at Sprengersbach and at Helwardschausen. He is considered the patron saint of Bruchsal in Baden-Württemberg.

Life

Aprunculus have belonged to the clergy at the Theuderic I's realm. There are unhistorical facts reporting that Saint Gall have acted in Trier, but he lived much later than Aprunculus of Treves. The widespread lack of precipitation of his person and the other bishops of Trier in the late of 5th and early 6th century in contemporary sources suggests a relatively low (political) importance of Trier Church in this period.[1]

His death was in the year of the inauguration of his successor Nicetius.

Afterlife

Aprunculus of Treves was buried probably in an oratory at the site of St. Symphorian Monastery in Trier. Since the end of the 6th century, he was venerated as a saint. Aprunculus is recorded in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum. Gregory of Tours mentions him. There are in Trier since the 10th century reports of his worship. Also in Auxerre, Autun or in Gellone in Languedoc he was worshiped. A portrait of him is found in the Egbert Psalter. Some parts of the relics were taken by Aboot Thietmar next to the bones of the Saint Modoald at the Saxon monastery Helmarshausen Abbey. From 1047 his remains were transferred to St. Paulinus' Church, Trier. There, his grave was in a small crypt under the altar before the chorus. From there they came in 1136 to the Springiersbach. Parts of the bones came at this time possibly to the Abrunkulus chapel in the immediate vicinity of the Cathedral of Trier. The remains of the bones in St. Paulin in 1674 were brought into the city from destruction of the pin. It also has a lead plaque was removed with an inscription from the coffin and placed later in a reliquary. In the Trier area Aprunculus is patron of the church in Besselich and Izzy.

His feast day is 21 or 22 April.

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