Saint Meinhard
Saint Meinhard | |
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 Remains of the church built by Saint Meinhard in present-day Latvia | |
| Born | 1134 or 1136 |
| Died | 1196 |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Feast | 14 August |
Saint Meinhard (b. 1134 or 1136 - died August 14 or October 11, 1196) was a German
Chronicle of Henry of Livonia. His body rests in the now-Lutheran Riga Cathedral, as his remains were moved to Riga in 1226. He is venerated as the apostle of the Church in Latvia (Livonia in the Middle Ages).[1]
As a canon at the
Baltic tribes.[4][5] Remains of the church survive to this day. Another stone castle was built in Salaspils (German: Holm) as a gift to newly converted pagans. But the inhabitants rebelled and attacked Meinhard attempting to drive him out of Livonia.[4]
When he briefly returned to Germany in 1186, Meinhard was consecrated as Bishop of Üxküll (present-day
crusade.[2]
Meinhard was succeeded by
military order
, in Riga.
In September 1993, Pope John Paul II paid a visit to the Baltic states and solemnly proclaimed on 8 September of that year that he formally restores the veneration of Saint Meinhard on 14 August each year, which is considered as an equipollent canonization.
References
- ^ Butler, Alban (1995). Butler's Lives of the Saints, Volume 12. p. 283.
- ^ ISBN 978-90-04-15502-2.
- ISBN 0-8146-2388-3.
- ^ ]
- ISBN 9789955656562.
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