SimpertAlso spelled Sintbert, Sintpert, Simbert. (born – died 13 October 807) was an

abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from ''abba'', the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ''ab'', and means "father". The female equivale ...

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, and

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of the late-8th and early-9th centuries, and was supposedly the nephew of

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was List of Frankish kings, King of the Franks from 768, List of kings of the Lombards, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian ...

. He was educated at

Murbach Abbey Murbach Abbey () was a famous Benedictine monastery in Murbach, southern Alsace, in a valley at the foot of the Grand Ballon in the Vosges. The monastery was founded in 727 by Eberhard, Count of Alsace, and established as a Benedictine house ...

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, where he took the

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and was elected abbot. In 778, he was appointed

bishop of Augsburg Diocese of Augsburg () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich. History Early history The present city of Augsburg appears in Strabo as ''Damasia'', a stronghold of t ...

by Charlemagne. He consolidated and strengthened the jurisdiction of his bishopric and lived alternately at

Neuburg an der Donau Neuburg an der Donau (Central Bavarian: ''Neiburg an da Donau'') is a town which is the capital of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in the state of Bavaria in Germany. Divisions The municipality has 16 divisions: * Altmannstetten * Bergen, N ...

, at Staffelsee Abbey, and at

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. He rebuilt the Basilica of St. Afra's and others. While he was bishop, he remained abbot of Murbach, ruling at the same time the diocese and the monastery. He died on 13 October 807 and was buried at St Afra's church. Since 1624, he has been a secondary

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of Augsburg, his cultus having been approved in 1468.

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Frederick George Holweck Frederick George Holweck (born Friedrich Georg Holweck; December 29, 1856 – February 15, 1927) was a German-Americans, German-American Catholic Church, Catholic parish priest and scholar, hagiographer and church historian. Monsignor Holweck co ...

, ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints'', 1924.

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* http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/74135 807 deaths German Roman Catholic saints Roman Catholic bishops of Augsburg 8th-century Christian saints History of Augsburg Year of birth unknown {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub