Communio Sanctorum

Henry II

Emperor remembered for reforming monasteries, supporting missions and understanding kingship as accountable to God.

Feast: 13 JulyEmperorHoly Roman Empire

Life and witness

Roman Martyrology (traditional English edition; normalized OCR transcription): At Bamberge, of St. Henry, emperor, the first of. that name, who with his wife Chunegundes kept perpetual virginity, and persuaded St. Stephen, king of Hungary, with almost all his realm, to receive the faith of Christ.

Alban Butler — Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints

St. Henry II., Emperor Some account of the Territories conferred by Pepin, and confirmed by Charlemagne, on the Holy See St. Plechelm, Bishop and Confessor St. Swithin, Bishop and Confessor

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St. Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch, Confessor Life and Writings of Eusebius, Bishop of Cæsarea St. Elier, Hermit and Martyr

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St. Alexius, Confessor St. Speratus, &c., Martyrs Life and Writings of Tertullian St. Marcellina, Virgin St. Ennodius, Bishop and Confessor St. Leo IV., Pope and Confessor Some Account of the Slander of Pope Joan St. Turninus, Confessor, of Ireland

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St. Symphorosa and her seven Sons, Martyrs St. Philastrius, Bishop and Confessor St. Arnoul, Bishop and Confessor St. Arnoul, Martyr St. Frederic, Bishop and Martyr St. Odulph, Confessor St. Bruno, Bishop and Confessor

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Butler July · Language: English