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Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Albertus Magnus
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
Leo IX
Head of the Catholic Church from 1049 to 1054
Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor from 1014 to 1024
Elizabeth of Hungary
Catholic saint (1207−1231)
Gertrude the Great
Roman Catholic Saint
Bruno of Cologne
founder of the Carthusian Order (1030–1101)
Hedwig of Silesia
Duchess of Silesia (1174–1243)
Norbert of Xanten
Roman Catholic archbishop and saint
Leopold III
Margrave of Austria
Otto of Bamberg
German Roman Catholic bishop and saint (c. 1060-1139)
Bruno the Great
Archbishop of Cologne
Arnold Janssen
German-Dutch Roman Catholic priest and saint
Anna Schäffer
Catholic saint (1882–1925)
Benno
bishop and saint
Mechtilde
Saxon Christian saint
Willigis
Willigis (; ; 940 – 23 February 1011 AD) was Archbishop of Mainz from 975 until his death as well as archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Fidelis of Sigmaringen
Capuchin friar
Wolfgang of Regensburg
German monk, bishop and saint
Bruno, Duke of Saxony
Catholic saint
Louis IV
Landgrave of Thuringia
Hemma of Gurk
Carinthian princess, founder of Catholic churches and monasteries, and saint
Engelbert II of Berg
Archbishop of Cologne (1185 or 1186–1225)
Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne
Archbishop of Cologne from 1056 to 1075
Saint Meinhard
first bishop of Livonia (ca 1130 – ca 1196)
Gottschalk
prince of the Obotrite confederacy
Dorothea of Montau
Hermitess and visionary
Maria Katharina Kasper
German nun and saint of Catholic church (1820-1898)
Heribert of Cologne
Archbishop of Cologne
Conrad of Parzham
German Franciscan lay brother (1814–1894)
Hermann Joseph
German mystic
Bruno
Chancellor of Italy and Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
Adolf of Osnabrück
German Cistercian monk, Bishop of Osnabrück and saint
Conrad of Constance
Bishop and saint
Notburga
Notburga (c. 1265 – 13 September 1313), also known as Notburga of Rattenberg or Notburga of Eben, was an Austrian saint and peasant from Tyrol. Numerous vitae have been written about her and painted of her where she is depicted with a scythe. She is venerated by the Catholic Church, having been canonized by Pope Pius IX.
Sebaldus
Sebaldus (or Sebald) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany in the 9th or 10th century. He settled down as a hermit in the , of which city he is the patron saint.
Maria Crescentia Höss
Roman Catholic saint
Altfrid
thumb|upright|A modern statue of Saint Altfrid at Essen Cathedral
Saint Gunther of Bohemia
Christian mystic
Vicelinus
Vicelinus (also Vicelin, ; 1086 – 12 December 1154) was a German bishop of Oldenburg in Holstein who was considered the apostle of Holstein. Also known as – Apostle of Obodriten, of the Wends, Vicelinus, Vincelin, Vizelin, Wissel, Witzel.
Erhard of Regensburg
Seventh century bishop and saint
Gerard I of Toul
bishop of Toul
Gerhoh of Reichersberg
German theologian
Simpert
Simpert (13 October 807) was an abbot, bishop, and confessor of the late-8th and early-9th centuries, and was supposedly the nephew of Charlemagne. He was educated at Murbach Abbey in Alsace, where he took the Benedictine habit and was elected abbot. In 778, he was appointed bishop of Augsburg by Charlemagne. He consolidated and strengthened the jurisdiction of his bishopric and lived alternately at Neuburg an der Donau, at Staffelsee Abbey, and at Augsburg.
Frederick of Liege
Bishop of Liege and saint
Unni
Archbishop and saint
Aquilinus of Milan
died 650
Dominic of Prussia
Carthusian monk
Saint Ernest
German saint
John of Cologne
Dominican friar, priest and martyr
Odilia of Cologne
martyr and saint
Emma of Lesum
German countess
Andreas Oxner
blood libel in Austria
Arn
Roman Catholic bishop
Saint Irmgardis
German saint
Adalbero of Würzburg
Bishop of Würzburg
Adalgott
Adalgott II of Disentis (died 1165) was a twelfth-century monk and bishop. He entered Clairvaux Abbey as a monk, and was appointed as abbot of Disentis. Adalgott cared for the sick and poor. He was subsequently named bishop of Chur, and continued to care for the poor. He founded a hospital in 1150. He is venerated as a Roman Catholic saint. His feast day is celebrated on 3 October.
Ulrich of Zell
german saint
Theodgar of Vestervig
German missionary and saint, active in Jutland, Denmark