Lantpert of Freising

Lantpert of Freising was bishop of Freising in Bavaria between 937 and 957. He was born around 895 at Ebersberg, of the family of the counts of Ebersberg, and died on 19 September 957 at Freising. He is venerated as a saint in Bavaria.

According to legend, in 937 he covered the cathedral of Freising with fog, by prayer, and so spared it from the ravaging of the Hungarians who had invaded. In his time Freising received the right to mint coins. In 952 he took part in the imperial diet of Augsburg.

In Bavaria he is still venerated as a saint, on 18 September, and is shown in art with a lamb. In the cathedral of Freising there is a reliquary given by him. His successor in the see, from 957, was Bishop Abraham. The Bavarian day of 18 September falls one day before the day of his death, 19 September.