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Saint
Bernward of Hildesheim (c.
960 –
20 November 1022) was the
Bishop of Hildesheim from
993-
1022.
Life and work
Bernward came from a
Saxon noble family and studied at the
cathedral school of
Hildesheim. From
977, he served as a scribe and chronicler at the court of
Otto II and
Theophanu, and then from
987/
88-993, he and the future Pope
Silvester II were in charge of the young Emperor
Otto III.
His time in office fell during the era of the
Saxon emperors, who had their roots in the area around Hildesheim and were personally related to Bernward. During this time, Hildesheim was a center of power in the
Holy Roman Empire, and Bernward was determined to give his city an image fitting for one of its stature.
The most famous examples of this ambition are the
Bernward doors of the
Hildesheim Cathedral (Bronze cast with scenes of the holy history after the wooden doors of
Santa Sabina in Rome), the
Christus Pilar (Bronze cast with images of the deeds of Christ after the stone
Kaisersäulen in Rome), as well as the early
Romanesque Michaelskirche (finished after Bernward's death). St. Michael's Church was designed to be the image of heavenly Jerusalem by the bishop and he's buried there. The treasures Bernward created are today
UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Bernward built up the cathedral district with a strong twelve-towered wall and erected further forts in the countryside to protect against attacks by the neighboring
Slavs. However, the inner spiritual struggles of his diocese and aiding the poor were always closest to his heart.
His life was set down in writing by his student
Thangmar in the
Vita Bernwardi. For at least part of this document is the authorship certain, but other parts were probably added in the
High Middle Ages. He died on
November 20, 1022, a few weeks after the consecration of the magnificent church of St. Michael which he'd built. Bernward was canonized by Pope
Celestine III. His
feast day is
November 20.
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