Berthold, Bertholde or Bertholdus of Toul (died 25 September 1018,

Toul Toul () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Toul is between Commercy and Nancy, and the river Moselle and Canal de la Marne au Rhin. Climate Toul h ...

) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman.

Life

He was the thirty-sixth

bishop of Toul The Diocese of Toul was a Roman Catholic diocese seated at Toul in present-day France. It existed from 365 until 1802. From 1048 until 1552 (''de jure'' until 1648), it was also a state of the Holy Roman Empire. History The diocese was erect ...

, succeeding Robert. The clergy of Toul confirmed his nomination by

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due to his piety. He was consecrated on 3 October 995 by

Ludolf of Trier Ludolf or Liudolf of Trier (died 7 April 1008, in Erpostede) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman. He was born in the now-lost settlement of Erpostede in Stecklenburg and was an imperial chaplain, canon of Hildesheim Cathedral and probably a p ...

, who proposed that he model his life on his predecessor

Gerard of Toul Gerard (french: Geraud; German ''Gerhard''; c. 935 – 23 April 994) was a German prelate who served as the Bishop of Toul from 963 until his death. His entrance into the priesthood came about due to his mother being struck dead in a lightning s ...

. He held the post until his death. At Toul, Berthold had a school for the sons of the nobility. Five-year-old Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg, son of Emperor Conrad II's first cousin, Count Hugo, was entrusted to Bishop Berthold to be educated. Bruno later became

Pope Leo IX Pope Leo IX (21 June 1002 – 19 April 1054), born Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 February 1049 to his death in 1054. Leo IX is considered to be one of the most historically ...

.Mann, Horace. "Pope St. Leo IX." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 12 May 2019

References

Sources

*Dom Augustin Calmet, Histoire ecclésiastique et civile de la Lorraine, Nancy, 1728, 4 vol., in-fol. *A.D. Thiéry, Histoire de la ville de Toul et de ses évêques, suivie d'une notice de la cathédrale Date of birth unknown 1018 deaths Bishops of Toul {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub