Saint Bruno the Great

Also known as

• Bruno I

Memorial

• 11 October

Profile

Youngest son of Emperor Henry I and Saint Matilda of Saxony. Educated at Utrecht, Netherlands. Courtier to his brother Holy Roman Emperor Otto I, the Great Archchancellor to Otto in 951. Archbishop of Cologne, Germany. Administrator of the Duchy of Lorraine. Great supporter of monastic and ecclesiastical institutions. He founded the monastery of Saint Pantaleon at Cologne.

Born

• 925

Died

• 965 at Rheims, France of natural causes
• buried at the monastery of Saint Pantaleon at Cologne

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bruno the Great”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 May 2012. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-bruno-the-great/>