St Godehard of Hildesheim – Feast Day – May 5

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St Godehard of Hildesheim Profile. Born: 960 AD in Germany, Europe. Worked in Germany. Died: 4 May 1038 in Germany. Feast Day is celebrated on May 5.
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St Godehard of Hildesheim Biography

Date of Birth 960 AD
Country of Birth Germany in Europe
Matrimony/Holy Orders Saints who were Bishops
Profession Monk, Abbot Bishop
Place of Work Germany
Date of Death 4 May 1038
Place of Death Germany
Feast Day May 5
Beatification N/A
Canonization Canonized by Pope Innocent II in 1131
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Saint’s Biography

Saint Godehard of Hildesheim was born in 960 AD in Bavaria (in modern Germany). He studied at the Passau cathedral school, where he majored in humanities and theology at Niederaltaich Abbey, where his father Ratmund was a vassal of the canons. When Duke Henry II of Bavaria turned the chapter into a Benedictine monastery, Godehard became a monk.

In 996, he was elected abbot to Tegernsee, Hersfeld and Kremsmunster and advocate of the ideal of Cluny. In 1022, he was elected the bishop of Hildesheim. It is distinguished by its pastoral care, attention to the clergy and its biblical conferences. For 15  years he consecrates over 30 churches. 

Death

He died after a brief illness on May 4, 1038, and his relics translated in 1132.

Saint Godehard of Hildesheim
St. Godehard of Hildesheim

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