Saint
Meingoz
A hierarch of the Carolingian age, who reposed in 829.
Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.
- Reposed
- 8299th century
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Meingoz, also called Meginhard, is presented by tradition as the second bishop of Osnabrück, from 804 or 805 to 829. His existence as a real person is, however, doubted.
There are no sources from his own time. The first mention appears in a forged charter, dated 7 September 829 and attributed to the emperor Louis the Pious, but fabricated by Bishop Benno II of Osnabrück in the 11th century, who forged several charters. The oldest source of Osnabrück, the complaints of Bishop Egilmar to Pope Stephen V in 890, does not mention him.
Our sources show no veneration as a saint, nor a day of remembrance. This note keeps only what the sources say: a bishop attested only by a late tradition. No Orthodox synodal canonization is known.