Benno was named Bishop of Meissen in 1066. Venerated since the 13th century, he was canonized in 1523. Benno did much for his diocese, both by ecclesiastical reforms on the Hildebrandine model and by material developments. He was venerated in his native Saxony throughout the Late Middle Ages.

06-16

• fishermen
• weavers
• Dresden-Meissen
• Munich

1010

1106-06-16

canonized

31 May 1523

Pope Adrian VI

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