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Benno

1010 - 1106

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Benno (c. 1010 – 16 June 1106) was named Bishop of Meissen in 1066. Venerated since the 13th century, he was canonized in 1523. Benno did much for his diocese, both by ecclesiastical reforms on the Hildebrandine model and by material developments. He was venerated in his native Saxony throughout the Late Middle Ages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benno is the 1,585th most popular religious figure (down from 1,302nd in 2019), the 2,278th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,974th in 2019) and the 56th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Benno ranks 1,585 out of 3,187. Before him are Julian of Antioch, Didacus of Alcalá, Elizabeth Hesselblad, Filaret, Scipione Rebiba, and Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr. After him are Saint Kilian, Juan de Zumárraga, Acacius of Caesarea, Pope Timothy I of Alexandria, Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, and Francisco de Borja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1010, Benno ranks 11. Before him are Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Robert de Craon, Antipope Honorius II, Antipope Victor IV, Gallus Anonymus, and William Iron Arm. After him are Badr al-Jamali, Alī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī, Eustace I, Count of Boulogne, Ernest II, Duke of Swabia, Anno II, and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir. Among people deceased in 1106, Benno ranks 5. Before him are Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Nestor the Chronicler, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, and Magnus, Duke of Saxony. After him are Minamoto no Yoshiie, and Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Benno ranks 2,279 out of 7,253. Before him are Marc-André ter Stegen (1992), Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1663), Hermann Ehrhardt (1881), Franzl Lang (1930), Armin T. Wegner (1886), and Martin Schwarzschild (1912). After him are Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667), Jil Sander (1943), William, Prince of Hohenzollern (1864), Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1577), Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918), and Hermann Abert (1871).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Benno ranks 56. Before him are Reinhard Marx (1953), Michael von Faulhaber (1869), Frederick of Utrecht (780), Walter Brandmüller (1929), Arp Schnitger (1648), and Wolfgang of Regensburg (924). After him are Irmina of Oeren (700), Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703), Honoratus (365), Anna Schäffer (1882), Adalbert of Hamburg (1000), and Peter Schöffer (1420).

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