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Bernold
Roman Catholic Bishop of Utrecht and saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 19 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1000
Died
1054
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Utrecht in Lotharingia, in the territory of present-day Holland, Saint Bernold or Bernulf, bishop, who freed churches and monasteries from the yoke of the powerful, founded many churches and introduced the Cluniac customs into the monasteries.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 19 July as a bishop of Utrecht who freed churches from the powerful and brought the Cluniac customs to the monasteries.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 19 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q826895 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bernold (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.