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BENNO (Ioro—r xo6)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 743 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BENNO (Ioro—r xo6)  , See also:bishop of See also:Meissen, was the son of See also:Werner, See also:count of Wold"enburg, was educated at Gosslar, and in 1o66 was nominated by the See also:emperor See also:Henry IV. to the see of Meissen . In the troubles between See also:empire and papacy that followed See also:Benno took See also:part against the emperor . In ro85 he was deposed by the See also:synod of See also:Mainz, but after the See also:death of See also:Pope See also:Gregory VII. he submitted, and on the recommendation of the imperialist Pope See also:Clement III. was restored to his see, which he held till his death . He did much for his See also:diocese, both by ecclesiastical reforms on the Hildebrandine See also:model and by material developments . He was See also:long reverenced in his own diocese as a See also:saint before, in 1523, he was canonized by Pope See also:Adrian VI . His See also:canonization See also:drew from See also:Luther a violent brochure " against the new false See also:god and old See also:devil, who is to be lifted up at Meissen." For bibliography, see Ulysse See also:Chevalier, Repertoire See also:des See also:sources hist.: Bio-bibliographie, s.v .

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