ST. RUPERT,BISHOP OF SALZBURG

ST. RUPERT,BISHOP OF SALZBURG

Born of a noble family, St. Rupert travelled to Bavaria at the end of the 7th century as an itinerant monk. He founded a monastery near the ancient Roman city of Juvavum. Rupert gave the city the name Salzburg and became its first Bishop. He died March 27, Easter Sunday, around the year 710.