A monk in Cologne and presumed grandson of Charlemagne, Reynold was tasked with supervising the construction of the Saint Pantaleon monastery. His zeal provoked the jealousy of a stonemason who secretly murdered him with a bush hammer before throwing his body into the water. His relics were transferred to Dortmund in the 11th century, the city of which he is the patron saint.
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SAINT REYNOLD OF COLOGNE, MASTER MASON (960).
Monastic life and works
Reynold, a monk at the monastery of Saint-Pantaleon in Cologne, is tasked by his superior with supervising construction work and stonemasons.
Reynold Reynold Monk of Saint Pantaleon and master mason, martyred out of jealousy. was a monk at t he monastery of Saint-Pantal monastère de Saint-Pantaléon Monastery in Cologne where Reynold served as a monk and overseer of works. eon, in Col Cologne Archiepiscopal see and burial place of the saint. ogne, where his superior tasked him with overseeing the masons and stonemasons who were working on the construction of the monastery. His prose in the old missals of Cologne says:
Martyrdom and miracles
A victim of jealousy, Reynold is secretly murdered by a stonemason and his body is thrown into the water, but miracles reveal his holiness.
Justi vitam livor zelat : Clam necatur, stogno celat Malleator sociis ; Sed insigne margaritum Declaratur expolitum Signorum præconis.
Black envy attempts the life of the just: A stonemason kills him in secret and charges the waters to hide him from the sight of his companions; but numerous miracles come to attest that this brilliant pearl was cut for heaven.
Iconography and legendary origins
Depicted with a stone-mason's hammer or in armor, tradition identifies him as a grandson of Charlemagne who renounced military life for the cloister.
In accordance with these details, painters from beyond the Rhine have depicted Sai saint Reynold Monk of Saint Pantaleon and master mason, martyred out of jealousy. nt Reynold being struck down by the stone-mason's hammer of a stonecutter, who had grown annoyed at being pressed too closely by the conscientious foreman of the Saint-Pantaleon monastery. — As for the armor that these same painters give to our Saint, it recalls the tradition according to which Reynold, a grandson of Charlemagn Charlemagne Emperor of the Franks and uncle of Saint Folquin. e, had left the camps for the cloister.
Cult and translation to Dortmund
His relics were transferred to Dortmund in the 14th century (or under the episcopate of Hanno in the 11th century according to cited sources), the city of which he became the patron.
In the latter half of the 14th century, the inhabitants of Dortmu Dortmundt City in Westphalia of which Reynold is the patron saint and where his relics are kept. nd, in Westphalia, requested the body of a saint from the Archbishop of Colo gne, Hanno Archbishop of Cologne (1056-1075) who granted relics to Dortmund. Hanno (1056-1075), who granted them the relics of Saint Reynold. The translation took place on January 7, and it is on this same day that his feast is celebrated in Dortmund, of which he is the patron.
Sources
The information is based on the works of the Bollandists and Godescard.
Annexes & related entities
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Key Events
- Monk at the Saint-Pantaleon monastery in Cologne
- Supervision of masons and stonemasons for the construction of the monastery
- Assassinated by a jealous stonemason
- Body thrown into the water to hide the crime
- Translation of relics to Dortmund on January 7
Miracles
- Numerous miracles attesting to his holiness after his secret death
Quotes
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Justi vitam livor zelat : Clam necatur, stogno celat Malleator sociis
Old Cologne missals