
He gained several victories over his enemies, both at home and abroad,
but he used these with great moderation and clemency. In 1014, he went to Rome and
received the imperial crown at the hands of Pope Benedict VIII. On that
occasion he confirmed the donation, made by his predecessors to the Pope, of
the sovereignty of Rome and
the exarchate of Ravenna .
Circumstances several times drove the holy Emperor into war, from which he
always came forth victorious. He led an army to the south of Italy against
the Saracens and their allies, the Greeks, and drove them from the country.
The humility and spirit of justice of
the Saint were equal to his zeal for religion. He cast himself at the
feet of Herebert, Bishop of Cologne, and begged his pardon for having
treated him with coldness, on account of a misunderstanding. He wished to
abdicate and retire into a monastery, but yielded to the advice of the Abbot of
Verdun, and retained his dignity. Both he and his wife, St. Cunegundes, lived
in perpetual chastity, to which they had bound themselves by vow. The Saint
made numerous pious foundations, gave liberally to pious institutions and built
the Cathedral of Bamberg. His holy death occurred at the castle
of Grone , near Halberstad, in 1024.
His feast day is July 13th.
He is the patron saint of the childless,
of Dukes, of the handicapped and those rejected by Religious Orders.
St. Henry help us to protect life and the lives of the vulnerable and
help us to build a culture of life in our world today.
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