#Alamannia

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Updated version of another old map: Alemannic languages /dialects mapped out. Again this new version features all info on the image itself now.

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SAINT OF THE DAY (July 4)

St. Ulric was born in 890 at Kyburg, Zurich, Switzerland. He died on 4 July 973 at Augsburg of natural causes. He was buried in the Church of Saint Afra.

He was the son of Count Hucpald and Thetbirga. He was related to the dukes of Alamannia and the imperial family of the Ottos.

He was a sickly child. As a boy, he was educated at the monastic school of Saint Gall and proved to be an excellent student.

He also served as chamberlain to his uncle, Blessed Adalbero, bishop of Augsburg.

He was ordained as Bishop of Augsburg on 28 December 923.

During his time as bishop, he built churches, visited from parish to parish, worked with the sick in hospitals, set a good example for his priests to follow, and brought relics from Rome.

His good works paid off in the form of improved moral and social conditions for both the clergy and laity.

When the Magyars plundered Germany, they besieged Augsburg.

Due to Ulric's courage, his leadership, and his ability to organize the resistance, Augsburg held firm until Emperor Otto arrived.

On 10 August 955, a battle was fought in Lechfeld, and the invaders were finally defeated.

Some legends say that Ulrich actually fought in the battle but that was impossible.

After 48 years as bishop, an ill and exhausted Ulric resigned his seat.

He handed the diocese over to his nephew — a move that had the blessing of the emporer but which the Synod of Ingelheim ruled uncanonical.

They charged and tried the aging bishop for nepotism.

Ulrich apologized, did penance, and was forgiven, the message of which reached him on his death bed.

A letter circulated for a while that indicated Ulric did not support priestly celibacy, seeing it as an unnecessary burden.

However, this was later proven a forgery, and Ulric had certainly enforced the discipline upon himself as well as his clergy.

Ulric was the first saint to be canonized by a Pope, which led to the formal process that continues today.

Legend has it that pregnant women who drank from his chalice had easy deliveries, thus developed his patronage of pregnant women and easy births.

The touch of his pastoral cross was used to heal people bitten by rabid dogs.

Ulric was canonized on 3 February 993 by Pope John XV.

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Transexual da a luz a su primer hijo en Alemania [Foto]

Un transexual ha dado a luz a un bebé en Alemania. Después de un embarazo de éxito, un hombre –que nació mujer– engendró un niño hace ahora seis meses gracias a una donación de esperma. Según el diario ‘People’s Daily’, años atrás, cuando el varón decidió someterse a un tratamiento hormonal de cambio de sexo, tomó la decisión de conservar sus genitales originales de mujer: el útero y los ovarios para, así, hacer viable una posible gestación posterior.

El transexual que vive en Estados Unidos y que ya ha gestado tres hijos ‘People’s Daily’

MIEDO A NO SER DENOMINADO “PADRE”

Dio a luz en casa, sin acudir al hospital, por miedo a que le atribuyesen la definición de “madre” y no la de “padre”. A su favor, el Ministerio del Interior de Alemania decidió aceptar los deseos del alemán y dejar constancia de su paternidad en el certificado de nacimiento del bebé.

POSIBLES PROBLEMAS PSICOLÓGICOS

Las autoridades del país consideran que se trata de un caso que requiere un seguimiento constante para, así, evitar el desarrollo de problemas psicológicos cuando el niño evolucione de edad.

PRIMER TRANSEXUAL

Lo cierto es que es el primer hombre transexual que da a luz en Europa, pero no el pionero en el mundo. En los Estados Unidos ya existe el caso de un varón que ha gestado ya tres hijos.

  Fuente:elperiodico.com

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