Saint Bernulf or Bernold of Utrecht (died 19 July 1054) was
Bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of
Utrecht
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(1026/27–1054).
Bernold succeeded
Saint Adalbold as
Bishop of Utrecht
List of bishops and archbishops of the diocese and archdioceses of Utrecht.
Medieval diocese from 695 to 1580
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on 24 September 1027, when he was appointed by emperor of the
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Conrad II
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. He was likely an official in Conrad's court prior to taking on the powerful post as
Prince-Bishop: both an episcopal head and secular feudal lord within the Empire. A supporter of Conrad and his successor Henry III, Bernold was active church reform, helping to reduce episcopal power over monastic orders, helping to strengthen the
Cluniac
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order in his domains, weakening lay lords control of churches and church land, and aiding the Holy Roman Emperor. For this, Conrad and Henry expanded his see, further angering local nobility. Bernold was friend of the future
Emperor Henry III
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(succeeded Conrad in 1046), and traveled on Henry's 1041 campaign against the Hungarians. During Henry's visits to Utrecht in 1040 and 1042, he expanded the see. A brief rebellion led by Lorraine nobility in 1046 was defeated by Emperor Henry, and the
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in 1049 saw Bernold's see expanded.
[Butler, p.151]
Bishop Bernold established the
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es of Saint
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(Janskerk) in 1040,
Saint Peter
Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...
(''St Pieterskerk'') in 1039, and
St. Paul's Abbey and its church (''St Pauluskerk''). With the “''
Mariakerk''” (begun 1090), they form the outside of the Utrecht “''
Kerkenkruis
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''”: the ''Church Cross'' formed by four churches and a cathedral placed at its center.
Bernold died on 19 July 1054, which is his feast day. His relics, including a cloth shirt, are venerated in Utrecht, and his cult goes back to at least the 14th century.
Another Look at St. Louis' Shirt
/ref> In 1917, he was made patron of the Artist's guild of Holland.
See also
*Guild of St. Bernulphus
The St. Bernulphusgilde or Guild of St. Bernulphus was a Dutch Catholic secret society established on December 1, 1869. Its intention initially was to serve as a trade union and protect national traditions of old craftsmanship in religious ar ...
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List of bishops and archbishops of the diocese and archdioceses of Utrecht.
Medieval diocese from 695 to 1580
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*Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry III (28 October 1016 – 5 October 1056), called the Black or the Pious, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1046 until his death in 1056. A member of the Salian dynasty, he was the eldest son of Conrad II and Gisela of Swabia.
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*Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city and a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, pro ...
References
"Bernulf“ in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
herausgegeben von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayrischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Band 2 (1875), Page 505, Digital version at German language Wikisource (Version of 20 July 2008, 02:38 UTC)
* Alban Butler, Paul Burns (ed.). Butler's Lives of the Saints: July. Continuum International Publishing Group (2000)
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1054 deaths
Prince-Bishops of Utrecht
Dutch Roman Catholic saints
11th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire
11th-century Christian saints
Medieval Dutch saints
Year of birth unknown