Blessed Alfred of Hildesheim

Also known as

• Alfrid
• Altfried
• Altfrid

Memorial

• 15 August
• 16 August in Essen and Heldesheim

Profile

Benedictine monk at Corvey Abbey. Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany in 851. Founded Essen Abbey. Adviser to the East Frankish King Louis the German. Known for his devotion to the Mother of God.

Died

• 15 August 874 of natural causes
• buried in the church of Essen Abbey

Beatified

• 1965 by Pope Paul VI (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Alfred of Hildesheim”. Saints.SQPN.com. 27 May 2012. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-alfred-of-hildesheim/>