Norbert of Xanten, also known as Norbert Gennep, was a German Catholic bishop who was the Archbishop of Magdeburg, founder of the Premonstratensian order of canons regular, and is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Norbert was canonized by Pope Gregory XIII in the year 1582, and his statue appears above the Piazza colonnade of St. Peter's Square in Rome.

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• Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
• invoked during childbirth for safe delivery
• Magdeburg

c. 1080

canonized

28 July 1582

Pope Gregory XIII

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