Saint Erhard of Regensburg

Also known as: Albert of Regensburg
Erhart of Regensburg
Erhard von Regensburg
Erhard of Ratisbon
Memorial: 8 January
Profile: Missionary bishop. Evangelized in Bavaria, working mainly around modern Regensburg. Assisted the archbishop of Trier. Bishop of Regensburg. Miracle worker. Baptized Saint Odilia, 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
cobblers
eyes
hospitals
shoemakers
Representation: bishop baptizing Saint Odilia
bishop with a book on which sit two eyes
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