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June 13, 2017

Saint Suitbert, Suidbert, Suitbertus, Swithbert, or Swidbert was the "Apostle of the Frisians", born in Northumbria, England, in the seventh century. He studied in Ireland, at Rathmelsigi, Connacht, along with St. Egbert. The latter, filled with zeal for the conversion of the Germans, St. Willibrord and his twelve companions, among whom was St. Suitbert, to evangelize the Frisians. They landed near the mouth of the Rhine and journeyed to Utrecht, which became their headquarters. Suitbert laboured chiefly in North Brabant, Gelderland, and Cleves.

He fixed his see at Wijk bij Duurstede on a branch of the Rhine. A little later, entrusting his flock of converts to St. Willibrord, he proceeded north of the Rhine and the Lippe, among the Bructeri, or Boructuari, in the district of Berg, Westphalia. This mission bore great fruit at first, but was eventually a failure owing to the inroads of the pagan Saxons; when the latter had conquered the territory, Suitbert withdrew to a small island in the Rhine, six miles from Düsseldorf, granted to him by Pepin of Heristal, where he built a monastery and ended his days in peace. He died at Suitberts-Insel, now Kaiserswerth, near Düsseldorf, 1 March, 713. His relics were rediscovered in 1626 at Kaiserwerth and are still venerated there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suitbert_of_Kaiserswerdt The current abbey church was built from 1050 onward de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Suitbertus_(D%C3%BCsseldorf-Kaiserswerth)

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June 26, 2021

Very nice forecourt to the church with connection to the market square

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Mikesan

September 29, 2021

At the site of the previous building, the St. Petrus Monastery Church from the beginning of the 8th century, the St. Suitbert Collegiate Church was built from tuff stone from around 1050. It was built in two different style epochs: the nave is late Romanesque, while the choir, consecrated in 1237, already clearly shows Gothic elements. In 1264 the remains of the saints Suitbertus and Willeicus († around 726) were transferred here, and today the richly decorated Suitbertus shrine from this period is one of the few pieces that have remained from the once extensive church treasury.

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