Saint Benno of Meissen
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Saint Benno of Meissen was an 11th–12th century German bishop and missionary venerated for his piety and church reforms, later becoming an important regional patron saint in Bavaria.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saint Benno of Meissen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8351125 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Saint Benno of Meissen Context triple: [Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, hasPatronSaint, Saint Benno of Meissen]
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Saint Ulrich of Augsburg
Saint Ulrich of Augsburg was a 10th-century bishop renowned for his piety, church reforms, and defense of Augsburg during the Hungarian invasions, and was the first saint formally canonized by a pope.
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Adalbert of Saxony
Adalbert of Saxony was a 15th-century Saxon prince from the House of Wettin, known primarily as a son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony.
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Saint Burchard of Würzburg
Saint Burchard of Würzburg was an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary and church reformer who became the founding bishop and organizer of the Diocese of Würzburg in Franconia.
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Suidger of Morsleben
Suidger of Morsleben was a German cleric of noble Saxon origin who became Pope Clement II, noted for crowning Henry III as Holy Roman Emperor and initiating church reforms in the mid-11th century.
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Saint Sebaldus of Nuremberg
Saint Sebaldus of Nuremberg is a medieval German hermit and patron saint of Nuremberg, venerated for his piety and miracles and honored as the city’s principal saint.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Saint Benno of Meissen Target entity description: Saint Benno of Meissen was an 11th–12th century German bishop and missionary venerated for his piety and church reforms, later becoming an important regional patron saint in Bavaria.
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Saint Ulrich of Augsburg
Saint Ulrich of Augsburg was a 10th-century bishop renowned for his piety, church reforms, and defense of Augsburg during the Hungarian invasions, and was the first saint formally canonized by a pope.
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B.
Adalbert of Saxony
Adalbert of Saxony was a 15th-century Saxon prince from the House of Wettin, known primarily as a son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony.
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C.
Saint Burchard of Würzburg
Saint Burchard of Würzburg was an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary and church reformer who became the founding bishop and organizer of the Diocese of Würzburg in Franconia.
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Suidger of Morsleben
Suidger of Morsleben was a German cleric of noble Saxon origin who became Pope Clement II, noted for crowning Henry III as Holy Roman Emperor and initiating church reforms in the mid-11th century.
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Saint Sebaldus of Nuremberg
Saint Sebaldus of Nuremberg is a medieval German hermit and patron saint of Nuremberg, venerated for his piety and miracles and honored as the city’s principal saint.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic saint
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Christian martyr of reputation ⓘ bishop ⓘ missionary ⓘ |
| appointedAsBishopBy | Emperor Henry IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Investiture Controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | circa 1010 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | near Hildesheim ⓘ |
| canonizationDate | 1523-06-13 ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | canonized saint ⓘ |
| canonizedBy | Pope Adrian VI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| cultCenter | Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cultDevelopedIn | Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1106-06-16 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Meissen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Meissen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| feastDay |
June 16
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June 18 ⓘ |
| givenName | Benno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPlaceInHistory | important regional patron saint in Bavaria ⓘ |
| honoredIn | Archdiocese of Munich and Freising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
bishop’s crozier
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book ⓘ fish ⓘ keys of Meissen Cathedral fished from the Elbe ⓘ |
| knownFor |
loyalty to the papacy during the Investiture Controversy
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pastoral care in the Diocese of Meissen ⓘ promotion of clerical discipline ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
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Latin ⓘ |
| majorShrine | Frauenkirche, Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
church reforms
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defense of ecclesiastical rights ⓘ missionary work among Slavic peoples ⓘ |
| patronage |
Bavaria
NERFINISHED
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Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ domestic animals ⓘ fishermen ⓘ weavers ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Meissen Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Bishop of Meissen ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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Subject: Saint Benno of Meissen Description of subject: Saint Benno of Meissen was an 11th–12th century German bishop and missionary venerated for his piety and church reforms, later becoming an important regional patron saint in Bavaria.
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