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Born into a Saxon household, Bernward was raised by his uncle, Bishop Volkmar of Utrecht, after becoming an orphan. Athelbero, Count Palatine of Saxony, was his grandfather. To help with Bernward's...
St. Alfred the Great was a well-known Christian king who ruled Wessex. The fifth son of the English King of Wessex, Alfred was born in 849. According to legend, he was taken to Rome in 853, when he...
Saint Denis, who was born and raised in Italy, was one of six bishops dispatched by Pope St. Clement to Gaul (present-day France) to serve as missionaries in the year 250 A.D. Denis esta...