Saint
Liudhard of Paderborn
Bishop of Paderborn
Bishop of Paderborn in Germany, who reposed in 887.
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- Reposed
- 8879th century
- Place
- Paderborn
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Liudhard of Paderborn was the third bishop of Paderborn in Saxony, from 862 to 887. He reposed at Paderborn in 887.
During his episcopate he founded or strengthened several establishments. In 863 he made a foundation at Niggenkerken near Höxter, and in 864 the relics of Saint Liutrudis of Châlons were brought there. In 868 he took part in the Synod of Worms, which made decisions of church law with lasting effect. There he obtained a privilege for founding the convent of Heerse, meant to support the mission in Saxony.
In his time the young diocese in Saxony grew stronger. In 885 the emperor Charles III the Fat gave the cathedral clergy of Paderborn the right to elect their bishop freely.
He is counted among the saintly bishops of Paderborn in the local Western veneration; our sources give no further details of the cult, and no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.