Saint Cunibert of Cologne

Also known as

• Cunibert de Cologne
• Cunibert of Trier
• Cunibert of Trèves
• Cunipert of Cologne
• Honoberht of Cologne
• Kunibert of Koln
• Kunibert van Keulen
• Kunibert von Köln

Memorial

• 12 November

Profile

Born to the Frankish nobility. Archdeacon of Trier, Germany. Archbishop of Cologne, Germany in 627. Spiritual teacher and advisor to Saint Sigebert III, and co-regent of Austrasia. Known as a great builder of churches and monasteries in his diocese. Legend says that a dove led him to the lost grave of Saint Ursula.

Died

• c.663 in Cologne, Germany of natural causes
• interred in the Saint Cunibert Church in Cologne

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• bishop with a bird (usually a dove or pigeon), often speaking in his ear or leading him somewhere

Additional Information

• Biographisch- Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Cunibert of Cologne”. Saints.SQPN.com. 31 January 2010. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-cunibert-of-cologne/>