Venerable
Benno of Metz
A hermit, then Bishop of Metz, blinded by enemies, who returned to Einsiedeln, reposed in 940.
- Feast
- August 3old style August 16
- Reposed
- 94010th century
- Place
- Metz
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Benno of Metz was born in Swabia in Germany and became a hermit on Mount Etzel in Switzerland, in the former hermitage of Saint Meinrad. He lived there with a few disciples, so laying the foundation of the monastery of Einsiedeln. In 927 he became bishop of Metz in France. Striving to overcome abuses, he was attacked and blinded by his enemies. He resigned and returned to Einsiedeln, where he reposed in the year 940.
He is commemorated on 3 August as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.
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