20 July: St Gerebern's relics were moved to Xanten, Germany. He was the elderly priest & friend of St Dymphna who had to flee from Ireland to Geel, Belgium. They were both beheaded by her father who tracked them down! 🎨Martyrdom of St Dymphna & St Gerebernus by Jacques de l'Ange

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6 June
Feast of St Norbert of Xanten (Xanten-Magdeburg), bishop, founder of the Premonstratensian order of canons regular.

Ora pro nobis

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15/17 May: St Gerebernus/Gerebern/Gerebrand. 7th C Irish priest who accompanied St Dymphna to Shared in her martyrdom. His relics moved to (St Dymphna's in Geel). 🎨Martyrdom of St Dymphna and St Gerebernus by Flemish painter Jacques de l'Ange

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15/17 May: St Gerebernus/Gerebern/Gerebrand. 7th C Irish priest who accompanied St Dymphna to Shared in her martyrdom. His relics moved to (St Dymphna's in Geel). 🎨Martyrdom of St Dymphna and St Gerebernus by Flemish painter Jacques de l'Ange

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A colourised reconstruction of the stone is on display at Xanten Archaeological Park, near to where the stone was found.

Photo: Jona Lendering via Livius

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From the shadows of Rome's disastrous battle at Teutoburg Forest (9CE), a memorial in living colour to a centurion of the 18th legion Marcus Caelius, from Bononia, set up by Publius depicting him brother & his 2 freedmen (from the Xanten Museum) 1/4.

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On this day in 69 the Batavi defeat a Roman army near the Dutch city of Nijmegen. The Romans lost 2 legions, while 2 others were controlled by the rebels. They even managed to capture Castra Vetera (Xanten). One year later the Romans retaliate and the revolt of the Batavi ends.

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17 May: St Gerebernus/Gerebern/Gerebrand, 7th C Irish priest who accompanied St Dymphna to Geel, Belgium & shared in her martyrdom. His relics moved to Xanten, Germany (St Dymphna's kept in Geel).🎨Martyrdom of St Dymphna and St Gerebernus by Flemish painter Jacques de l'Ange.

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Not dissing Siegfried in the slightest, but I always tend to forget he was King of Xanten.

I mostly blame his humbled and heroic demeanor, seeing as how he always maintains this air of a warrior.

I think that's what I like most about him. He's a king of the people.

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