Engelbert II of Berg
| Saint Engelbert of Cologne | |
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| Archbishop of Cologne and Martyr | |
| Born | 1185 or 1186 Burg an der Wupper, Germany |
| Died | 7 November 1225 Gevelsberg, near Schwelm, Germany |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism |
| Major shrine | Cologne, Germany |
| Feast | 7 November |
| Attributes | a crosier in one hand, with an upraised sword, in the other, piercing a crescent moon |
Count Engelbert II of Berg, also known as Saint Engelbert, Engelbert of Cologne, Engelbert I, Archbishop of Cologne or Engelbert I of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne (1185 or 1186, Schloss Burg – 7 November 1225, Gevelsberg) was archbishop of Cologne and a saint; he was notoriously murdered by a member of his own family.
Engelbert was born in 1185 or 1186 in Schloss Burg (present Burg an der Wupper), the younger son of Count Engelbert I of Berg and his wife Margarete of Guelders. He was educated at the cathedral school in Cologne. From 1198 (at the age of twelve or thirteen) he held the office of provost of St. George in Cologne and from 1199 to 1216 he also held the office of cathedral provost at Cologne Cathedral. He further acquired at various times a number of other provostships: in Cologne, Aachen, Deventer and Zutphen. He was elected Bishop of Münster in 1203 but he declined because of his age.
Engelbert was excommunicated by Pope Innocent III in 1206, on account of his support for his cousin Adolf of Altena, archbishop of Cologne, in the interests of Philip of Swabia against Otto of Brunswick but was pardoned in 1208. In 1212, as an act of penance for his earlier rebellion, he took part in the Albigensian Crusade. He gave his allegiance to the future Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, after the Battle of Bouvines in 1214.
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