Saint Gotthard | |
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 St. Gotthard as bishop, with the Hildesheim St. Mary relic receptacle; Basilica St. Godehard, Hildesheim | |
| Born | 960 Reichersdorf, Bavaria |
| Died | 5 May 1038 |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 1131, Rheims by Pope Innocent II |
| Feast | 5 May |
| Attributes | dragon; model of a church[1] |
| Patronage | travelling merchants; invoked against fever, dropsy, childhood sicknesses, hailstones, the pain of childbirth, and gout;[2] invoked by those in peril of the sea[3] |
Gotthard (or Godehard) (960 – 5 May 1038 AD; Latin: Gotthardus, Godehardus), also known as Gothard or Godehard the Bishop, was a German bishop venerated as a saint.
- ^ "Godehard (Gotthard) von Hildesheim - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon".
- ^ Schmucki, Ottaviano. "San Gottardo di Hildesheim", Santi e Beati, June 22, 2002
- ^ Charles Lamb, Elia (Scott, Foresman and Company, 1911), 328