Saint Godehard of Hildesheim

Also known as

• Godehard the Bishop
• Godard
• Gothard

Memorial

• 4 May

Profile

Raised around Churchman, Godehard’s father worked for the canons of Niederaltaich. Godehard joined the canons, and became their provost. Helped reintroduce the Benedictine Rule at Niederaltaich, which then sent abbots to Tegernsee, Hersfeld and Kremsmunster to revive the Benedictine Rule. Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany in 1022.

Born

• c.960 in Bavaria (in modern Germany)

Died

• 4 May 1038 of natural causes
• relics translated in 1132

Canonized

• 1131 by Pope Innocent II

Patronage

• against birth pains
• against childhood sicknesses
• against danger at sea
• against dropsy
• against fever
• against gout
• against hailstorms
• travelling merchants
• —
• Hildesheim, Germany, diocese of

Representation

• dragon
• holding a church

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology
• Santi e Beati
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Godehard of Hildesheim“. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 May 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>