Bernulphus of Utrecht

Saint Bernulphus of Utrecht (Bernold) was bishop of Utrecht from 1026 or 1027 to 1054 and a great builder of churches. He reposed on 19 July 1054.

He succeeded Adalbold as bishop on 24 September 1027, appointed by Emperor Conrad II. He had probably been an official at Conrad's court. He supported Conrad and his successor Henry III, worked for Church reform, reduced episcopal power over monastic orders, strengthened the Cluniac order in his domains, weakened lay control of churches and church land, and aided the emperor; for this his see was enlarged, which angered the local nobility. He was a friend of the future Emperor Henry III and traveled on his 1041 campaign against the Hungarians. He established the collegiate churches of Saint John (Janskerk, 1040) and Saint Peter (Pieterskerk, 1039), as well as Saint Paul's Abbey and its church (Pauluskerk), which with the Mariakerk form the "Church Cross" of Utrecht, with the cathedral at its center.

He has been venerated in Utrecht since at least the fourteenth century, and his relics, including a cloth shirt, are venerated there. In 1917 he was made patron of the artists' guild of Holland. He is commemorated on 24 July in the Orthodox Church (on 19 July in the West) as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.