Gaubald (c. 700 – 23 December 761) was the first bishop of Regensburg after the foundation of the

diocese of Regensburg The Diocese of Regensburg ( la, Dioecesis Ratisbonensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory seated in Regensburg, Germany. Its district covers parts of northeastern Bavaria; it is subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising. ...

(he had been preceded by a number of ''

episcopi vagantes In Christianity, an ''episcopus vagans'' (plural ''episcopi vagantes''; Latin for 'wandering bishops' or 'stray bishops') is a person consecrated, in a "clandestine or irregular way", as a bishop outside the structures and canon law of the estab ...

'' active in the region). He has been

beatified Beatification (from Latin ''beatus'', "blessed" and ''facere'', "to make”) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to Intercession of saints, intercede on behalf of individua ...

. His name is also spelled ''Gawibald'', ''Geupald'' or ''Gaibald''.

Life

He was ordained bishop in Regensburg in 739 by

Saint Boniface Boniface, OSB ( la, Bonifatius; 675 – 5 June 754) was an English Benedictine monk and leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of the Frankish Empire during the eighth century. He organised significant foundations o ...

. Gaubald was also abbot-bishop or

mitred abbot The mitre (Commonwealth English) (; Greek: μίτρα, "headband" or "turban") or miter (American English; see spelling differences), is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in ...

of St. Emmeram's Abbey. In 740 he moved the bones of the late

Emmeram of Regensburg Saint Emmeram of Regensburg (also ''Emeram(m)us'', ''Emmeran'', ''Emmerano'', ''Emeran'', ''Heimrammi'', ''Haimeran'', or ''Heimeran'') was a Christian bishop and a martyr born in Poitiers, Aquitaine. Having heard of idolatry in Bavaria, Emmeram ...

to the crypt in the later Benedictine abbey. On his own death, Gaubald was buried in the

Ramwold Ramwod or Ramwold (c. 900 in Trier (?) - 17 May 1000 in Regensburg) was an abbot of St. Emmeram's Abbey in Regensburg. He is a patron figure of eye disease sufferers, since he suddenly became blind, remained so for two years, then regained his si ...

krypta in the Abbey.

Sources

* Albert Lehner: ''Sacerdos = Bischof. Klerikale Hierarchie in der Emmeramsvita''. Leipzig 2007. * {{Authority control Roman Catholic bishops of Regensburg German beatified people 700 births 761 deaths German abbots 8th-century bishops in Bavaria