# Albert Of Gaul, For Opposing The Roman Superstitions, Cast Into Prison At Fulda, In Which He, To All Appearance, Perished Through Want, About The Close Of The Year 750.

c. 750 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: ALBERT OF GAUL, FOR OPPOSING THE ROMAN SUPERSTITIONS, CAST INTO PRISON AT FULDA, IN WHICH HE, TO ALL APPEARANCE, PERISHED THROUGH WANT, ABOUT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 750.

Source heading; not independently verified

Enlightened by the heavenly radiance of the doctrine
of the apostles, Albert, with voice and pen,
had again and again reproved the errors and superstitions
of the Roman church, asserting, namely,
that priests or teachers should not be prohibited
from marrying; that the relics, or bones, of the
saints ought not to be venerated; that images should
not be worshiped or saluted as a religious service,
and that the Pope has no right to the primacy (or
supremacy) over the church. He condemned the
masses for the dead, purgatory, etc., as [human]
inventions. Wicelius adds: He rejected as unnecessary
and superstitious, ceremonies, the imposition
of hands, the making the sign of the cross, confirmation,
etc., and, in short, all such things as are
practiced in popery for the purpose of confirming
infant baptism.

Boniface, the papal Legate, therefore, accused
him to the Pope, fabricating and disseminating
many slanders, which were spewed out against him
as bitter gall. The Pope lost no time, nor sought
to delay the matter, but immediately condemned
him unheard upon these false accusations; and the
abovementioned articles, excommunicated him, and
sent the sentence of excommunication to said false
accuser, namely, to Boniface, his dear Legate, that
the latter should publish it against Albert, throughout
France. Hence it is, that the papists number
him among the heretics, though they fail to show
what heresy it was, for which he was condemned
and thus shamefully excommunicated; which matter
must be gleaned from other writers, except the testimony
quoted above from Wicelius, according to
A. M.

Having received said letter containing Albert’s
excommunication, from the Pope, Boniface not only
caused the same to be published throughout France,
and deposed him from his ministry, but also incarcerated
him in the monastery at Fulda, in which
imprisonment he probably died of hunger, thirst,
and divers wants. Compare Wilibald. in vita Bonifacii,
Aventin. Annal., lib. 3. Nauc. Gen. 26,
vol. 2. Balaeus. Cent. 14, cap. 30, 31, in Append.
Epist. Zach. ad Bonif., Tom. 2, Concil Lutsenb.
Haigiol. in vita Bon., with A. M., fol. 328, col. 3;
also, J. Gys., edition of 1657, fol. 30, col. 2, 3.





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