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Episode Description
Back in September Ellen and I did an episode on Popes Leo IX and Gregory VII and their promotion of the Gregorian Reform of the Church. Because my hosting platform informed me that I have 21 minutes left to post a new episode this month, I decided to use that time to do a short episode on the "Church" before it was reformed. Rather than focus on a "bad" bishop like Gaudry of Laon, I chose to examine the career of a saintly bishop, Ulrich of Augsburg (890 – 4 July 973), sometimes called Udalrich. Ulrich was Prince-Bishop of Augsburg. In many ways Ulrich's activities were typical of a tenth-century Prince-Bishop, including his military service to the German king. He was the first saint to be canonized not by a local authority but by a pope, Pope John XV. Ulrich demonstrates that not all pre-Reform bishops were worldly, even if they spent most of their time on secular administration.
This episode has a short snippet of the monophonic chant Kyrie Eleison (The Best of Gregorian Chant Version, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6CRsw2gdcc)
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Intro and exit music are by Alexander Nakarada
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