Saint
Theoderic of Metz
Bishop of Metz
Bishop of Metz and kinsman of Emperor Otto the Great, reposed in 984.
- Feast
- September 7old style September 20
- Reposed
- 98410th century
- Place
- Metz
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Theoderic of Metz was born around 929 and was bishop of Metz from 965 until his repose on 7 September 984. He was close to the emperor Otto the Great and opposed the claims of King Lothair of France to the Metz region. He helped build the abbey of Saint-Vincent at Metz and the monastery of Saint-Goëry at Épinal. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.
His commemoration falls on 7 September (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 20 September of the civil calendar.
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