Meinwerk
Bishop of Paderborn
Who they were
Meinwerk, of the noble Immedinger family, studied at Hildesheim with St Bernward and was chaplain to Otto III. Henry II made him Bishop of Paderborn in 1009 to restore its ruined church.
For twenty-seven years he worked with tireless zeal, rebuilding the cathedral and earning the title of second founder of the diocese. He died in 1036.
The miracles
His relics were raised and enshrined in 1376, which has been considered equal to a canonisation.
Why that counted as sanctity
A bishop who rebuilt his Church with tireless zeal.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Emma of Lesum Saint Brother or sister
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Meinwerk
- Wikidata Q463997 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Meinwerk (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.