Saint Henry

Saint Henry

  • Short, concise biography of Saint Henry
  • History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information about Saint Henry
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  • Date of Birth and Death
  • Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Henry
  • Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Emperor

Saint Henry

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  • Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Henry: July 15
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Emperor
  • Date of Death: Saint Henry died 1022
 
 

The Story and History of Saint Henry
The story and history of Saint Henry. Henry, Duke of Bavaria, saw in a vision his guardian, St. Wolfgang, pointing to the words "after six." This moved him to prepare for death, and for six years he continued to watch and pray, when, at the end of the sixth year, he found the warning verified in his election as emperor. Thus trained in the fear of God, he ascended the throne with but one thought - to reign for His greater glory. The pagan Slavs were then despoiling the empire. Henry attacked them with a small force; but angels and Saints were seen leading his troops, and the heathen fled in despair. Poland and Bohemia, Moravia and Burgundy, were in turn annexed to his kingdom, Pannonia and Hungary won to the Church. With the Faith secured in Germany, Henry passed into Italy, drove out the Antipope Gregory, brought Benedict VIII. back to Rome, and was crowned in St. Peter's by that Pontiff, in 1014. It was Henry's custom, on arriving in any town, to spend his first night in watching in some church dedicated to our blessed Lady. As he was thus praying in St. Mary Major's, the first night of his arrival in Rome, he "saw the Sovereign and Eternal Priest Christ Jesus" enter to say Mass. Sts. Laurence and Vincent assisted as deacon and sub-deacon. Saints innumerable filled the church, and angels sang in
the choir. After the Gospel, an angel was sent by Our Lady to give Henry the book to kiss. Touching him lightly on the thigh, as the angel did to Jacob, he said, "Accept this sign of God's love for your chastity and justice;" and from that time the emperor always was lame. Like holy David, Henry employed the fruits of his conquests in the service of the temple. The forests and mines of the empire, the best that his treasury could produce, were consecrated to the sanctuary. Stately cathedrals, noble monasteries, churches innumerable, enlightened and sanctified the once heathen lands. In 1022 Henry lay on his bed of death. He gave back to her parents his wife, St. Cunegunda, "a virgin still, as a virgin he had received her from Christ," and surrendered his own pure soul to God.

Feast Day of Saint Henry
The Feast Day of Saint Henry is July 15. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.

 

Saint Henry

  • Short, concise biography of Saint Henry
  • History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
  • Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Henry
  • Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Henry - July 15
  • History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
  • Date of Death: 1022
  • Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Henry
  • Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Emperor
 
 

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Saint Henry