Eraclus

Eraclus, alternatively Eraclius or Evraclus, was the 25th bishop of Liège (959–971).[1]

Eraclus
Bishop of Liège
DioceseLiège
SeeSaint Lambert's Cathedral, Liège
Elected959
PredecessorBaldrick I
SuccessorNotker of Liège
Orders
Consecration21 August 959
Personal details
Died27–28 October 971
BuriedChurch of St Martin, Liège

Life

Educated by Rathier, Eraclus served as dean of Bonn, before being elected bishop of Liège with the support of Bruno of Cologne. He was consecrated on 21 August 959. While bishop he founded two collegiate churches, St Paul's (which later became Liège Cathedral) and St Martin's. He had a particular devotion to Martin of Tours, attributing to that saint a healing he had experienced.

Eraclus placed strong emphasis on the importance of scholarship, laying the foundations for Liège becoming an international centre of learning.

In 968 he accompanied Emperor Otto I to Italy, and on 22 December rallied the emperor's panic-stricken army during an unexpected total solar eclipse.[2]

Eraclus died on 27 or 28 October 971 and was buried in the church of St Martin that he had founded.

Writings
  • A letter to his teacher, Rathier
  • An account of his healing by the intercession of St Martin of Tours
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gollark: Merry new year, people for whom it is new year!
gollark: If they teach enough people maths, eventually someone is sure to figure it out!
gollark: So there's a magic metasystem for explaining the magic systems too? Madness.
gollark: *Stuff* and **THINGS**.

References
  1. Alphonse Le Roy, "Eracle", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 6 (Brussels, 1878), 616–620.
  2. Hubert Silvestre, "Eracle", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 44 (Brussels, 1985), 446–459.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Baldrick I		 Bishop of Liège
959–971		 Succeeded by
Notker of Liège
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