Saint Erhard of Regensburg

Also known as

• Erhard of Ratisbon
• Erhard of Ardagh
• Erhard of Bavaria
• Erhard of Sax
• Erhard the Scot
• Erhard Scoticus
• Albert of….
• Eberhard of….
• Eberhardus of….
• Eerhard of….
• Erard of….
• Erardo of….
• Erhard of….
• Erhart of….
• Everard of….
• Herhard of….

Memorial

• 8 January

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Bishop of Ardagh, Ireland. Missionary to Bavaria, Germany working mainly around modern Regensburg. Assisted the archbishop of Trier, Germany. Bishop of Regensburg. Miracle worker. Baptized Saint Odilia of Alsace, which cured her congenital blindness. After his death a group of women formed a religious group called Erardinonnen (Nuns of Erhard) to pray perpetually at Erhard’s tomb; Pope Leo IX gave them his approval, and they continued until the Reformation.

Born

• 7th century Irish

Died

• c.686 of natural causes
• interred at Regensburg, Germany
• his crozier is preserved as a relic in the parish church in Neidemunster

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against cattle diseases
• against eye diseases
• against eye problems
• against plague
• bakers
• blacksmiths
• cattle
• cobblers
• hospitals
• miners
• shoemakers
• —
• Regensburg, Germany

Representation

• bishop baptizing Saint Odilia of Alsace
• bishop with a book on which sit two eyes

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Saint Erhard of Regensburg“. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 March 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>