Ah If Good King Henry Had Knew

I told you, ... some other treasures escaped from a beautiful collection of religious art will be presented... Ah if the good King Henry had known that he was going to become a saint... But which Henry s does he act? I will spare you the research here is an eloquent paste-copy: Saint Henry (+1024) Celebrated on July 13 Henry was the son of the Duke of Bavaria and, due to the premature death of his relative Otto III, he was crowned Germanic Emperor. As such, he ruled Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Northern Italy. He married Saint Cunegonde of Luxembourg who we celebrate on March 3. She could not have children. Henry refused to repudiate her, an unheard of fact at that time and in a society where sterility, especially among the nobility, was an ordinary cause of repudiation. One of his two major concerns was the unity of the Holy Roman Empire for which he had to fight a lot. The other was to reform the habits of the papacy, with the help of the king of France, Robert the Pious, in a century which saw fourteen popes out of twenty-eight being elected under the sole influence of queens and women. At the same time, he strengthened the influence of the Church on society, founded the bishopric of Bamberg and, as a Benedictine oblate, he supported the reform undertaken by the monks of Cluny. Deprived of an heir, he appointed Christ as legatee of his property. At her death, Saint Cunégonde retired to the abbey of Kaffungen which she had founded. "We must abandon temporal goods and put earthly advantages second in our efforts to attain the heavenly abodes which are eternal. For present glory is fleeting and vain if, while possessing it, we fail to think of celestial eternity. (Letter from Saint Henry to the Bishop of Bamberg) Statuette in perfect condition.