Archbishop Saint Bruno Lotharingia COLOGNE

   Other names for Saint were LOTHARINGIA Duke, "The Great", COLOGNE Archbishop and BRUNO Saint.

   General Notes:

"The Great", Duke of LOTHARINGIA 953-965, Archbishop of COLOGNE 953-965, SAINT Bruno, Feast Day Oct 11.

BOOK
The New Columbia Encyclopedia, 1975, p382, Bruno Saint: "Born 925, Died 965, Germanchurchman and statesman; brother and chief adviser of the fist Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, whose chancellor he was from Abt 950. He was made (953) Archbishop of Cologne and in the same year became Duke of Lotharingia. He organized the civil service, led the revival of learning, and reformed the monasteries according to the pattern laid down by the Cluniac reform. He is also known as St Bruno the Great. Feast: Oct 11."